Âgencement militant ou entre-soi générationnel ?

Lambelet, Alexandre

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“…Ethnography is an iterative-inductive research methodology and draws on direct and sustained contact with human agents usually through participant observation (O'Reilly, 2009: 3). It is a particularly apt entry point to study how tactical repertoires are formed and transformed because it allows researchers to observe actions as they are happening (Lambelet, 2011). It gives the observer an insider look at actors and their practices -in my case, NGO staff members and volunteers of the regional group.…”

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Between shaming corporations and promoting alternatives: The politics of an “ethical shopping map”

Balsiger

2014

Journal of Consumer Culture

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Ethical consumption can take different forms, some more contentious like boycotts or public campaigns, some aiming at the establishment or promotion of alternative consumption practices (buycotts). This study looks at how these tactics are articulated by analyzing the development of an ''ethical shopping map,'' an action situated in the latter category of ''supportive'' actions. In 2007, a Swiss nongovernmental organization published this map as part of its ongoing campaign fighting for the respect of social standards in the global garment industry. A project pursued by a regional group of volunteers of the organization, the map listed stores where ethical clothes can be purchased in a big Swiss city. This article consists of an ethnographic analysis of the process of elaboration of the map and discusses its inclusion into the tactical repertoire of the antisweatshop campaign. Based on participant observation and interviews with volunteers and campaign staff, it examines what drives the activists' concern with alternative forms of consumption. It looks at the rationales and meanings the volunteers put behind the map and the different uses of the map that are suggested, and examines the ultimate ''failure'' of making it a lasting part of the campaign's tactical action repertoire. Doing so, the article reveals the inherent tension of ''ethical consumption,'' between supportive action forms based on buycotts and denunciatory actions of public shaming of firms whose practices are criticized.

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Between shaming corporations and promoting alternatives: The politics of an “ethical shopping map”

Balsiger

2014

Journal of Consumer Culture

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“…L'association, par ses adhérents, est donc plus ouvrière encore que l'usine. Néanmoins, la sélec-tivité sociale caractéristique du bénévolat associatif en général (LAMBELET, 2011 ;TCHERNONOG, 2013) opère aussi à l'association puisque les ouvriers sont sous-repré-sentés au sein de ses instances de décision.…”

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2014

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Understanding the Political Preferences of Seniors’ Organizations. The Swiss Case.

Lambelet

2011

Swiss Political Sci Review

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According to numerous politicians, reforming the welfare state in aging societies has become increasingly necessary in spite of the growing influence of advocacy groups that have made reforms more difficult to realize. Studying the preferences of seniors' organizations is therefore crucial to comprehending future welfare state policies. In this paper, I will examine recurrent variables that researchers working on seniors' organizations study in order to explain the type of framing or political discourse that these organizations use. Using FARES ⁄ VASOS, the largest seniors' organization in Switzerland, as a case study, I will show how common explanations (especially the ones that refer to the importance of the context or of the political opportunities structure), if they work, can also be seen as too incomplete or limited. We will see that focusing on how leaders are selected, their activism, and their reasons for involvement provides interesting data to help us understand the goals and political battles of this organization.

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Âgencement militant ou entre-soi générationnel ?

Cited by 5 publications

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Between shaming corporations and promoting alternatives: The politics of an “ethical shopping map”

Between shaming corporations and promoting alternatives: The politics of an “ethical shopping map”

La lutte, et après ?

Understanding the Political Preferences of Seniors’ Organizations. The Swiss Case.

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