ebook img

The Politics of Social Protest: Comparative Perspectives on States and Social Movements (Social Movements, Protest, and Contention, Vol 3) PDF

388 Pages·1995·20.95 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 The Politics of Social Protest: Comparative Perspectives on States and Social Movements (Social Movements, Protest, and Contention, Vol 3)

The Politics of Social Protest Social Movements, Protest, and Contention Series Editor: Bert Klandermans, Free University, Amsterdam Associate Editors: Sidney G. Tarrow, Cornell University Verta A. Taylor, Ohio State University Volume 3 J. Craig Jenkins and Bert Klandermans, eds., The Politics of Social Protest: Comparative Perspectives on States and Social Movements Volume 2 John Foran, ed., A Century of Revolution: Perspectives on Social Movements in Iran Volume 1 Andrew Szasz, EcoPopulism: Toxic Waste and the Movement for Environmental Justice The Politics of Social Protest Comparative Perspectives on States and Social Movements J. Craig Jenkins and Bert Klandermans, editors Social Movements, Protest, and Contention Volume 3 University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis Copyright 1995 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290, Minneapolis MN 55401-2520 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The politics of social protest: comparative perspectives on states and social movements / J. Craig Jenkins and Bert Klandermans, editors. p. cm. — (Social movements, protest, and contention; v. 3) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8166-2421-6 (hc: acid-free paper). — ISBN 0-8166-24224 (pb: acid-free paper) 1. Political sociology. 2. Social movements—Political aspects. 3. Protest movements. 4. Political participation. 5. Comparative government. I. Jenkins, J. Craig, 1948- II. Klandermans, Bert. III. Series. JA76.P6235 1995 322.4—dc20 94-22704 The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. Contents Part I. Introduction 1. The Politics of Social Protest /. Craig Jenkins and Bert Klandermans 3 2. Social Movements, Political Representation, and the State: An Agenda and Comparative Framework /. Craig Jenkins 14 Part II. The Origins of Social Protest: Ideology, Regimes, and Oppositions 3. Between Movement and Party: The Transformation of Mid-Nineteenth- Century French Republicanism Ronald Aminzade 39 4. Left-Right Ideology and Collective Political Action: A Comparative Analysis of Germany, Israel, and Peru Karl-Dieter Opp, Steven E. Finkel, Edward N. Muller, Gadi Wolfsfeld, Henry A. Dietz, and Jerrold D. Green 63 5. The New Class, Postindustrialism, and Neocorporatism: Three Images of Social Protest in the Western Democracies Michael Wallace and J. Craig Jenkins 96 6. Neocorporatism and Political Protest in the Western Democracies: A Cross-National Analysis Michael Nollert 138 Part III. The Structure of Political Opportunities: Protest and Electoral Politics 7. The Political Opportunity Structure of New Social Movements: Its Impact on Their Mobilization Hanspeter Kriesi 167 8. Opposition Movements and Opposition Parties: Equal Partners or Dependent Relations in the Struggle for Power and Reform? Diarmuid Maguire 199 9. Left-Libertarian Movements in Context: A Comparison of Italy and West Germany, 1965-1990 Donatella della Porta and Dieter Rucht 299 V vi CONTENTS Part IV. The State and Movement Outcomes: System Transformations and Political Reform 10. The Success of Political Movements: A Bargaining Perspective Paul Burstein, Rachel L. Einwohner, and Jocelyn A. Hollande dd 11. Strategies of Partisan Influence: West European Environmental Groups Russell J. Dalton 296 12. Starting from Scratch Is Not Always the Same: The Politics of Protest and the Postcommunist Transitions in Poland and Hungary Bronislaw Misztal and J. Craig Jenkins 324 Bibliography 341 Contributors 365 Author Index 371 Subject Index 377 Part I Introduction This page intentionally left blank Chapter 1 The Politics of Social Protest /. Craig Jenkins and Bert Klandermans Surprisingly little attention has been paid to the interaction between social movements and the state. This is all the more surprising given the central im- portance of social movements as forces for political change in the contempo- rary world and the importance of the state in shaping political change. Whether we look at the interaction between social protesters and party poli- tics in the United States or Western Europe or at the democratization strug- gles in Eastern Europe, China, or Latin America, the nature and development of social movements cannot be understood without reference to the central role of the state. As the institutionalized center for the legitimate monopoly on the means of violence, the state is the ultimate arbiter for the allocation of socially valued goods. The state is therefore simultaneously target, sponsor, and antagonist for social movements as well as the organizer of the political system and the arbiter of victory. As organizer of the political system, the state shapes the relationships between social movements and the institution- alized interest representation system. In the Western democracies, the cen- tral relationship is that between social movements and political parties and the governmental institutions that regulate the relationships between citizens and the state. Social movements that aim to alter social institutions and prac- tices have to come into contact with the state, if only to consolidate their claims. This volume brings the interaction between social movements and the state to center stage. Because it is primarily concerned with the politics of so- cial protest movements in the Western democracies, it focuses on the four- way interaction between citizens, social movements, the political representa- tion system, and the state. The primary focus is the three-way struggle between social movements, political parties, and the state, looking at the op- 3

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.