Collective Mobilization and Identity From the Underground: The Deployment of "oppositional Capital" in the Harm Reduction Movement

Wieloch, Neil

doi:10.1525/tsq.2002.43.1.45

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“…First, echoing others who have suggested that health and social service sites are primary locations for stigma remediation, this research suggests that it is important to educate staff about stigma, but also to invest in employee wellness strategies that take into account how workers may be co-located with their clients in processes of social marginalization (Wieloch 2002). It is also important to consider a collaborative, intersectoral and coalitional approach that focuses on developing partnerships between groups of persons whose health is affected by stigma in various ways.…”

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Exploring Stigma by Association among Front-Line Care Providers Serving Sex Workers

Benoit

2013

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Stigma by association, also referred to as "courtesy stigma," involves public disapproval evoked as a consequence of associating with stigmatized persons. While a small number of sociological studies have shown how stigma by association limits the social support and social opportunities available to family members, there is a paucity of research examining this phenomenon among the large network of persons who provide health and social services to stigmatized groups. This paper presents results from a primarily qualitative study of the workplace experiences of a purposive sample of staff from an organization providing services to sex workers. The findings suggest that stigma by association has an impact on staff health because it shapes both the workplace environment as well as staff perceptions of others' support. At the same time, it is evident that some staff, owing to their more advantaged social location, are better able to manage courtesy stigma than others. RésuméLa stigmatisation par association, aussi appelée « stigmatisation de courtoisie », implique une désapprobation publique évoquée comme conséquence d'une association avec des personnes stigmatisées. Bien qu'un petit nombre d' études sociologiques aient démontré comment la stigmatisation par association limite le soutien social et les possibilités sociales pour les membres d'une famille, il y a peu de recherches qui se penchent sur ce phénomène dans le vaste réseau de personnes qui fournissent des services de santé et sociaux à des groupes stigmatisés. Cet article présente les résultats provenant d'une étude principalement qualitative de l' expérience en milieu de travail d'un échantillon choisi à dessein parmi les membres du personnel d'un organisme qui fournit des services à des travailleurs du sexe. Les résultats font voir que la stigmatisation par association a un impact sur la santé du personnel parce qu' elle donne forme à l' environnement de travail aussi bien qu' à la perception, par le personnel, du soutien reçu par les autres. En même temps, il est évident qu' en raison d'une situation sociale plus avantageuse, certains membres du personnel sont plus en mesure que d' autres de faire face à la stigmatisation par courtoisie.

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Exploring Stigma by Association among Front-Line Care Providers Serving Sex Workers

Benoit

2013

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“…Different interesting terms have been invented in the academic world, such as moral capital (e.g., Kane 2001) and oppositional capital (e.g., Wieloch 2001). Yet, as far as the scale of popularity is concerned, nothing can compare to social capital.…”

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Exploring 'Unseen' Social Capital in Community Participation : Everyday Lives of Poor Mainland Chinese Migrants in Hong Kong

Wong¹

2007

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‘The Long and Winding Road’ — Collective action among people experiencing homelessness

Aaslund¹,

Seim²

2020

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What possibilities exist for collective action among marginalised people? Through participatory action research (PAR), we study possibilities for collective action among people affected by homelessness and substance use. We describe the process of collective action in a single case, the X-street project, and scrutinise how collective identity can contribute to understandings of collective action. Findings of collective identity in boundary work, consciousness-raising and negotiations suggest that identity work and collective action are closely linked in processes of empowerment and created in mutually reinforcing processes. The case shows that the group succeeded in building a collective action project by simultaneously challenging its members’ public identity and providing them with home and work. More research is needed about the processes of collective action, and the relationship between material change and identity work.

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Collective Mobilization and Identity From the Underground: The Deployment of "oppositional Capital" in the Harm Reduction Movement

Cited by 3 publications

References 27 publications

Exploring Stigma by Association among Front-Line Care Providers Serving Sex Workers

Exploring Stigma by Association among Front-Line Care Providers Serving Sex Workers

Exploring 'Unseen' Social Capital in Community Participation : Everyday Lives of Poor Mainland Chinese Migrants in Hong Kong

‘The Long and Winding Road’ — Collective action among people experiencing homelessness

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