Civic Action

Lichterman, Paul; Eliasoph, Nina

doi:10.1086/679189

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“…As competitive grants replaced federal transfers to municipalities, political conflict was subordinated in urban governance which, in turn, shifted political struggles to the realm of ideology rather than pragmatic engagements. Ideological terrain is far more amenable to polarization and manipulation than discussions that are grounded in the civic action of communities themselves (Harvey 1989b;Lichterman and Eliasoph 2014;Pacewicz 2016).…”

Section: Political Peripheralization and 'Community Availability'mentioning

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The revolt of the Rust Belt: place and politics in the age of anger

McQuarrie

2017

British Journal of Sociology

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This paper argues that the election of Donald Trump is the product of a confluence of historical factors rather than the distinctive appeal of the victor himself. By paying particular attention to the geography of unusual voting behaviour the analytical question comes into view: why did so much uncharacteristic voting occur in the Rust Belt states of the upper Midwest? It is impossible to answer this question adequately using conventional categorical attributes. The usual hypotheses of ‘economic anxiety’ and white revanchism are unable to account for sudden shifts in the voting behaviour of both white and black voters in post‐industrial territories. Instead, it is necessary to turn to the history of the region and the institutional apparatus that connected voters there to the federal government and the Democratic Party. From this perspective we can see that the active dismantling of the Fordist social order set the region on a divergent path from the rest of the country. But this path had no political outlet due to the reorientation of the Democratic Party around a new class and geographic base. Due to this, the party pursued policies that would magnify the region's difficulties rather than alleviate its circumstances. Moreover, the elaborate institutional ties that connected the region's voters to the Democratic Party and the federal government meant that the political implications of regional decline would be muted. However, as these institutions frayed, Rust Belt voters were made available to candidates that challenged the policy consensus that had done so much damage to the region. The election was decided by a Rust Belt revolt that unified black and white working‐class voters against Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party.

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Section: Political Peripheralization and 'Community Availability'mentioning

confidence: 99%

The revolt of the Rust Belt: place and politics in the age of anger

McQuarrie

2017

British Journal of Sociology

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“…1 Civic action, defi ned by Lichterman and Eliasoph (2014), refers not only to activities taking place in the civic sphere, and thus allows for a broader and more phenomenologically valid lens through which to understand social change: "considering 'civic' as a particular kind of action rather than a kind of sector-specifi c actor, a researcher can notice civic action in complex organizations that may include noncivic action as well." 2 There are engaging and informative discussions of the relative drawbacks and merits of the so-called "citizen-consumer" that are beyond the scope of this chapter.…”

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Social Change and the Coming of Post-Consumer Society

Brown

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Cohen³

2017

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Consumer society is an unquestionably complex social construct. However, after decades of unremitting dominance there are signs emerging that it is starting to falter, both as a coherent and durable system of social organization and as a strategy for societal advancement. Debates concerning how we can transition beyond present energy-and materials-intensive consumer society are beginning to gain greater salience.Social Change and the Coming of Post-Consumer Society aims to develop more complete appreciation of the relevant processes of social change and to identify effective interventions that could enable a transition to supersede consumer society. Bringing together leading interdisciplinary experts on social change, the book identifi es and analyzes several ongoing small-and modest-scale social experiments. Possibilities for macro-scale change from the interlinked perspectives of culture, economics, fi nance, and governance are then explored. These contributions expose the systemic problems that are emblematic of the current condition of consumer society, specifi cally the unsustainability of prevailing consumption practices and lifestyles and the persistence of inequalities. These observations are summarized and extended in the fi nal chapter of the book. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of sustainable consumption, sustainability transitions, environmental sociology, and sustainable development.Comprising edited collections, co-authored volumes and single author monographs, Routledge-SCORAI Studies in Sustainable Consumption aims to advance conceptual and empirical contributions to this new and important fi eld of study. In particular, this series will explore key issues such as the emergence of new modes of household provisioning, the evolution toward post-consumerist systems of social organization, novel approaches to consumption governance and innovative business models for sustainable lifestyles.The Sustainable Con sumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI) is an international knowledge network of approximately 1000 scholars and policy practitioners working at the interface of material consumption, human wellbeing, and technological and cultural change. For more information about SCORAI and its activities please visit www.scorai.org."Climate change, water shortages, and toxins in our food, air, and water. Loneliness and depression. Erosion of traditional values. These are among the problems that experts tell us we must solve for humanity to thrive, or even survive. However, these threats are symptoms of a deeper pathology, namely the desire for endless growth in consumption and the substitution of material goods for human relationships. This book sets out theory to understand how this came to be and what might be done about it, from an explicitly multidisciplinary perspective. The book also provides compelling accounts of exciting experiments in sustainable consumption now underway as people around the world seek to live within the limits of our fi nite planet, and in so...

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“…Nonprofit organizations are actors in different strategic action fields (Fligstein and McAdam 2011), and though civic action can take place in many different settings (Lichterman and Eliasoph 2014), some fields provide much more space to pursue a civil society logic (see also Seibel in this issue) than others. The Norwegian study shows that a stronger presence of civil society logic can emerge when municipal hierarchical administration is kept at arm's length at the same time as for-profits actors are not active in the field.…”

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Welfare Mix and Hybridity. Flexible Adjustments to Changed Environments. Introduction to the Special Issue

2015

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Present day welfare societies rely on a complex mix of different providers ranging from the state, markets, family, and non-profit organizations to unions, grassroots organizations, and informal networks. At the same time changing welfare discourses have opened up space for new partnerships, divisions of labor, and responsibilities between these actors. For nonprofit organizations this means that they operate in complex institutional environments where different institutions and logics compete with each other. In this special issue we have collected a number of articles that analyze how organizations and organizational fields adjust to a new environment that is increasingly dominated by the logic of the market, and how in particular nonprofit organizations, as hybrids by definition, are able to cope with new demands, funding structures, and control mechanism.Resume Les sociétés de protection sociale actuelles reposent sur un mélange complexe de différents prestataires qui vont de l'É tat, des marchés, de la famille et des organisations à but non lucratif aux syndicats, aux organisations populaires et aux réseaux informels. Parallèlement, le changement de discours sur la protection sociale a ouvert la voie à de nouveaux partenariats, à une répartition du travail et des responsabilités nouvelles entre ces acteurs. Pour les organisations à but non lucratif, cela signifie qu'elles oeuvrent dans des environnements institutionnels complexes où différentes institutions et logiques entrent en conflit l'une avec l'autre. Dans ce numéro spécial, nous avons rassemblé un certain nombre d'articles qui analysent la façon dont les organisations et les domaines organisationnels s'adaptent à un nouvel environnement de plus en plus dominé par la logique du marché, et comment les organisations à but non lucratif, en particulier, hybrides par définition, sont capables de faire face aux nouvelles exigences, aux structures de financement et au mécanisme de contrôle.Zusammenfassung Die Sozialstaaten von heute sind von einer komplexen Mischung aus unterschiedlichen Anbietern abhängig, die vom Staat, den Märkten, der Familie und gemeinnützigen Organisationen bis hin zu Gewerkschaften, Basisorganisationen und informellen Netzwerken reichen. Gleichzeitig haben die sich ändernden Diskussionen über das Sozialwesen Raum für neue Partnerschaften, neue Arbeitsteilung und neue Verantwortungen für diese Akteure geschaffen. Für gemeinnützige Organisationen bedeutet das, dass sie unter komplexen institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen arbeiten, in denen unterschiedliche Institutionen und Logiken miteinander konkurrieren. In dieser Sonderausgabe haben wir eine Reihe von Artikeln zusammengetragen, in denen untersucht wird, wie sich Organisationen und Organisationsbereiche an eine neue Umgebung anpassen, die vermehrt von der Marktlogik dominiert wird, und wie insbesondere gemeinnützige Organisationen, die gemäß Definition Hybridorganisationen sind, mit neuen Anforderungen, Finanzierungsstrukturen und Kontrollmechanismen umgehen.Resumen Las sociedades actua...

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Civic Action

Cited by 190 publications

References 109 publications

The revolt of the Rust Belt: place and politics in the age of anger

The revolt of the Rust Belt: place and politics in the age of anger

Social Change and the Coming of Post-Consumer Society

Welfare Mix and Hybridity. Flexible Adjustments to Changed Environments. Introduction to the Special Issue

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