From Transnational Protest to Domestic Political Opportunities: Insights from the Debt Cancellation Campaign

Josselin, Daphne

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“…2). The German government acknowledged that the German Jubilee Campaign, had been instrumental in the government taking a more progressive position on debt in 1999 (Josselin 2007). Because of Jubileo Guayaquil's reputation as a body concerned for the public good, members of the Ecuadorian government wished to increase their legitimacy by associating themselves with that organisation (Molina Vera 2008).…”

Section: Relations Between Debt Campaigners and Governments/internatimentioning

confidence: 98%

Transnational Debt Movements: Challenging States and International Decision-Makers, or Intermeshed with These?

Somers

2015

Voluntas

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A new wave of transnational civil society campaigning has emerged since the last quarter of the twentieth century. Major changes in world order occurred over this period, which impacted on the context for transnational campaigning. These changes include the end of the Cold War, followed by the embedding of the concept of global governance, including the norm of civil society participation. This article examines the strategies of transnational debt campaigns against this background. It describes the shifts in strategies over time between more consensual engagement approaches and those seeking fundamental transformation, and considers the implications for the relationship between civil society campaigns and states/international decision-makers. It concludes that transnational debt movements fit better with a Gramscian perspective on civil society as containing consensual, and counter-systemic elements, than with a view of civil society as independent of official decision-making structures. It highlights, however, the need to grasp the on-going dynamic between these different elements within civil society.Résumé Une nouvelle vague de campagne de la société civile transnationale a vu le jour depuis le dernier quart du XXe siècle. Des changements majeurs dans l'ordre mondial, ayant pesé sur le contexte d'une campagne transnationale, se sont produits au cours de cette période. Ces changements englobent la fin de la guerre froide, suivie de l'intégration du concept de gouvernance mondiale, qui comprend la norme de la participation de la société civile. Cet article étudie les stratégies des campagnes transnationales sur la dette dans ce contexte. Il décrit les changements de stratégies dans le temps entre l'engagement et les approches radicales et examine les conséquences pour la relation entre les campagnes de la société civile et les É tats/ décideurs internationaux. Il conclut que les mouvements transnationaux sur la dette correspondent davantage à une perspective gramscienne sur la société civile puisqu'ils comprennent des éléments consensuels et opposés aux systèmes, qu'à une vision de la société civile comme indépendante des structures décisionnelles officielles. Il souligne, toutefois, la nécessité de saisir la dynamique en cours entre ces différents éléments au sein de la société civile.Zusammenfassung Seit dem letzten Quartal des 20. Jahrhunderts hat sich eine neue Kampagne-Welle transnationaler Bürgergesellschaften herauskristallisiert. Große Veränderungen in der Weltordnung während dieser Zeit wirkten sich auf den Kontext für transnationale Kampagnen aus. Zu diesen Veränderungen zählen der Kalte Krieg gefolgt von der Einführung des Konzepts der globalen Steuerung, einschließlich des Standards der Partizipation seitens der Bürgergesellschaft. Vor diesem Hintergrund untersucht die Abhandlung die Strategien transnationaler Schuldenkampagnen. Es werden die im Laufe der Zeit erfolgten Strategieände-rungen zwischen Engagement und radikalen Ansätzen beschrieben und die Implikationen für die Beziehung zwischen den Bür...

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Section: Relations Between Debt Campaigners and Governments/internatimentioning

confidence: 98%

Transnational Debt Movements: Challenging States and International Decision-Makers, or Intermeshed with These?

Somers

2015

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“…W. Meyer et al 1997). In recent years, scholars began connecting the world society and social movement literatures to better understand the emergence of movements and protest (Cole 2006; Josselin 2007; Tsutsui 2006, 2018; Tsutsui and Shin 2008; Tsutsui et al 2012). K.…”

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Globally Visible Environmental Protest: A Cross-national Analysis, 1970–2010

Evans

Schofer

Hironaka

2020

Sociological Perspectives

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We examine the global rise of environmental protest events reported in major news outlets from 1970 to 2010, based on a new cross-national dataset. The paper addresses conventional arguments regarding resources and political opportunities, but focuses principally on the international dynamics that affect local protest and its visibility. World society theory as well as scholarship on transnational movements and advocacy networks suggests that international organizations and institutions play an important role in bringing resources, opportunities, and global media attention to local movements. We argue that international forces will be especially important in nondemocratic countries. Cross-national quantitative analyses suggest that nations with strong organizational ties to the international community have more protests that get covered in international media, and that the effects of international forces are stronger in less democratic societies.

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“…The perception of opportunities/threats is guided by the interpretative frames and movement identities that movements have collectively constructed. One must furthermore take into account a temporal and spatial dimension: interaction between political opportunity structure and social movement action is dynamic and needs to be looked at on several levels simultaneously, domestically, and internationally (Meyer, 2003; Tarrow, 2005; Josselin, 2007; Dimitrova and Buzogány, 2014). For the present study, Petrova and Tarrow (2007) made a relevant distinction between participatory and transactional activism, which can be linked to the different opportunity structures.…”

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Environmental SMOs and resource mobilization in the post-communist vs the Northwest European context

Boström

2017

QROM

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Purpose This paper focuses on differences in resource mobilization opportunities among environmental social movement organizations (ESMOs), with empirical focus on ESMOs from five European Union countries – two Northwest European countries (Sweden, Germany) and three post-communist countries (Poland, Croatia, and Slovenia). Whereas mass-membership mobilization is a reality in the Northwest European context, ESMOs from post-communist countries fundamentally rely on international support and project-based funding. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate and discuss what implications this difference has for domestic capacity building among ESMOs. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws theoretically and empirically on literature on social movements, including environmental movements. It uses a qualitative methodology with figures, field observations, and interview data from ESMO representatives. The empirical material is based on field studies of ESMOs from the five focused countries. Findings The findings demonstrate strong pessimism regarding the possibilities for mass-membership mobilization in the post-communist context, and indicate a set of challenges related to the strong reliance on project funding and international sources. Issues such as short-termism, lack of independence, critical distance, and learning potential are discussed. The findings also indicate avenues for creativity and how various buffers can help to cope with challenges, and that ESMOs from the Northwest European context also face pressures relating to resource mobilization that can negatively affect their critical edge. Originality/value By the chosen focus and comparative approach, the paper contributes to our understanding if and how ESMOs can work as powerful and critical political actors in various contexts. The paper thus contributes theoretically and empirically to literature on social movements, and specifically environmental movements.

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From Transnational Protest to Domestic Political Opportunities: Insights from the Debt Cancellation Campaign

Cited by 26 publications

References 11 publications

Transnational Debt Movements: Challenging States and International Decision-Makers, or Intermeshed with These?

Transnational Debt Movements: Challenging States and International Decision-Makers, or Intermeshed with These?

Globally Visible Environmental Protest: A Cross-national Analysis, 1970–2010

Environmental SMOs and resource mobilization in the post-communist vs the Northwest European context

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