ebook img

Democracy in Social Movements PDF

315 Pages·2009·2.795 MB·English
Save to my drive
Quick download
Download
Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.

Preview Democracy in Social Movements

Democracy in Social Movements AlsobyDonatelladellaPorta GLOBALDEMOCRACYANDTHEWORLDSOCIALFORUM(co-authored) THEGLOBALJUSTICEMOVEMENT:CrossNationalandTransnational Perspectives(edited) THEPOLICINGOFTRANSNATIONALPROTEST(co-edited) GLOBALIZATIONFROMBELOW(co-authored) SOCIALMOVEMENTS:AnIntroduction(co-authored) TRANSNATIONALPROTESTANDGLOBALACTIVISM(co-edited) SOCIALMOVEMENTSINAGLOBALIZINGWORLD(co-edited) SOCIALMOVEMENTS,POLITICALVIOLENCEANDTHESTATE Democracy in Social Movements Editedby Donatella della Porta EuropeanUniversityInstitute,Italy Selectionandeditorialmatter©DonatelladellaPorta2009 Individualchapters©theirrespectiveauthors2009 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2009 978-0-230-21883-3 Allrightsreserved.Noreproduction,copyortransmissionofthis publicationmaybemadewithoutwrittenpermission. Noportionofthispublicationmaybereproduced,copiedortransmitted savewithwrittenpermissionorinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthe Copyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988,orunderthetermsofanylicence permittinglimitedcopyingissuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgency, SaffronHouse,6-10KirbyStreet,LondonEC1N8TS. Anypersonwhodoesanyunauthorizedactinrelationtothispublication maybeliabletocriminalprosecutionandcivilclaimsfordamages. Theauthorshaveassertedtheirrightstobeidentified astheauthorsofthisworkinaccordancewiththeCopyright, DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Firstpublished2009by PALGRAVEMACMILLAN PalgraveMacmillanintheUKisanimprintofMacmillanPublishersLimited, registeredinEngland,companynumber785998,ofHoundmills,Basingstoke, HampshireRG216XS. PalgraveMacmillanintheUSisadivisionofStMartin’sPressLLC, 175FifthAvenue,NewYork,NY10010. PalgraveMacmillanistheglobalacademicimprintoftheabovecompanies andhascompaniesandrepresentativesthroughouttheworld. Palgrave®andMacmillan®areregisteredtrademarksintheUnitedStates, theUnitedKingdom,Europeandothercountries. ISBN 978-1-349-30464-6 ISBN 978-0-230-24086-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230240865 Thisbookisprintedonpapersuitableforrecyclingandmadefromfully managedandsustainedforestsources.Logging,pulpingandmanufacturing processesareexpectedtoconformtotheenvironmentalregulationsofthe countryoforigin. AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. AcatalogrecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheLibraryofCongress. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 Contents ListofTables vii ListofFigures x Acknowledgements xi NotesonContributors xii OrganizationalStructuresandVisionsofDemocracyinthe GlobalJusticeMovement:AnIntroduction 1 DonatelladellaPorta 1 GlobalJusticeMovementOrganizations:The OrganizationalPopulation 16 DonatelladellaPorta 2 ParticipatoryTraditionswithintheGlobalJustice Movement 44 HerbertReiter 3 ConsensusinMovements 73 DonatelladellaPorta 4 SocialMovementsandMultilevelGovernance:The ExternalDimensionofDemocracy 100 DonatelladellaPorta 5 WhyAreSocialMovementOrganizationsDeliberative? StructuralandCulturalDeterminantsofInternal DecisionMakingintheGlobalJusticeMovement 127 MarcoGiugniandAlessandroNai 6 OrganizationalSizeandDemocraticPractices:CanLarge BeBeautiful? 150 ClareSaunders 7 FormsofActionofGlobalJusticeMovementGroups:Do ConceptionsandPracticesofDemocracyMatter? 171 DieterRuchtandSimonTeune v vi Contents 8 UnconventionalPoliticsOnline:InternetandtheGlobal JusticeMovement 194 LorenzoMoscaandDonatelladellaPorta 9 TheGenerationalIssue:TheImpactofOrganizations’Age onVisionsofDemocracy 217 HélèneCombes,NicolasHaeringerandIsabelleSommier 10 CrossingBorders:TransnationalActivisminEuropean SocialMovements 234 MarioPianta,RaffaeleMarchetti,andDuccioZola DemocracyinMovement:SomeConclusions 262 DonatelladellaPorta References 275 Index 296 List of Tables I.1 Approachestoorganizationalsociology 4 1.1 Senseofbelongingtothemovementpercountry accordingtotheinterviews 18 1.2 Perceptionofthemovementpercountry 19 1.3 Basicthemesmentionedinfundamentaldocuments 26 1.4 Participationinmovementeventspercountry accordingtotheinterviews 29 1.5 Issuesofnetworks/campaignsofthemovementper countryaccordingtotheinterviews 30 1.6 Mainstrategiesofthegroupsbycountryaccordingto theinterviews 31 1.7 Repertoireofactionofthegroupspercountry accordingtotheinterviews 32 1.8 Typologyofdemocraticinternaldecision-making accordingtofundamentaldocumentsandinterviews 40 1.9 Aglobalsocialmovement:Asummary 42 2.1 Delegationininternaldecisionmakingbymentioning ofparticipatoryvalues 48 2.2 Movementareabymentioningofparticipationasa valueanddegreeofdelegationininternaldecision making 52 2.3 Organizationalfieldsbymentioningofparticipationas avalueanddegreeofdelegationininternaldecision making 59 2.4 Mentioningofparticipatoryvaluesanddegreeof delegationbynationalnetworking 65 2.5 Mentioningofparticipatoryvaluesanddegreeof internaldelegationbyrelationswithlocal,national,or internationalstateinstitutions 68 3.1 Internalandgeneraldemocraticvalues 77 3.2 Associationbetweenselectedorganizationalvaluesand organizationalstructure 86 3.3 Mentionsofdemocraticvaluesbymovementarea 90 4.1 Relationshipswithinstitutionsandeconomicactors accordingtofundamentaldocuments 104 4.2 Relationshipwithinstitutionsaccordingtointerviews 105 vii viii ListofTables 4.3 Organizations’countryandrelationshipswith institutionsaccordingtofundamental documents 116 4.4 Attitudesofcollaboration(unconditionedand selective)towardsinstitutionsatdifferentlevelsper countryaccordingtointerviews 116 4.5 Relationshipswithinstitutionsandorganizational structureaccordingtofundamentaldocuments 118 4.6 Relationswithinstitutionsandorganizational resourcesaccordingtointerviews 119 4.7 Relationshipswithinstitutionsand(selected) organizationalvaluesaccordingtofundamental documents 121 5.1 Democraticmodelsbycountry(%) 128 5.2 Estimateofeffectsofselectedindependentvariables ontwocontrastingdecisionmodels(oddsratios) 138 6.1 Oligarchictendenciesoflargeorganizations 158 6.2 Oligarchictendenciesofsmallorganizations 158 6.3 Rulesforsmallorganizations 159 7.1 Formsofactionusedbymoderateandconfrontational GJMOs 179 7.2 Organizationalformsandformsofaction 181 7.3 CharacteristicsofGJMOsandformsofaction 183 7.4 Measuresofformalization 185 7.5 GJMOs’environmentsandformsofaction 187 8.1 UseoftheInternetbyGJMactivists 198 8.2 Relationbetweenofflineandonlineactivity 199 8.3 EvaluationoftheroleoftheInternet 200 8.4 IndexesofWebsites’qualities 210 8.5 Externalandinternalcharacteristics’influenceonWeb sites’qualities 211 8.6 Socialmovementareas’influenceonWebsites’qualities 213 9.1 Opennessofthedecisionmakingprocess:Who participatesinthedecision-makingofanassembly? 222 9.2 Theroleofconsensus:Howdoorganizationsmake theirdecisions? 225 9.3 Natureofthegroup 228 9.4 Relationswithpublicinstitutions 231 10.1 DistributionofGJMOsbyissueofactivismand country 240 10.2 DegreeoftransnationalactivismofGJMOsbycountry 245 ListofTables ix 10.3 DegreeoftransnationalactivismofGJMOsbyissueof activism 246 10.4 DegreeoftransnationalactivismofGJMOsbytypeof organization 248 10.5 DegreeoftransnationalactivismofGJMOsby identity 249 10.6 Thedeterminantsoftransnationalactivism 253 10A.1 Thedeterminantsoftransnationalactivisminnational organizations 259

See more

The list of books you might like

Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.