Manufacturing Dissent: Labor Revitalization, Union Summer and Student Protest

Dyke, Nella Van; Dixon, Marc; Carlon, Helen

doi:10.1353/sof.2007.0111

Cited by 52 publications

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“…Considering the civic voluntarism model, we begin by taking into account how interested people are in politics and how habitual it is for them to take part in social movement-type political activities and civic organizations (Van Dyke et al 2007;Saunders et al 2012). We also examine how efficacious people consider their political participation (Lee 2010).…”

Section: Political Involvementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ritual Demonstrations versus Reactive Protests: Participation Across Mobilizing Contexts in Mexico City

Inclán¹,

Almeida²

2017

Lat. Am. polit. soc.

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Using an innovative survey of protest participants and nonparticipants from five major street demonstrations in Mexico City in 2011 and 2012, this study tests the assumption that influences on protest participation vary across different types of events; namely, ritual demonstrations and reactive protests. The comparison is based on two assumptions: that these are two of the dominant forms of protest in contemporary Latin America, and that specifying the context for different types of social movement participation provides a better understanding of the individual mobilization process for groups seeking to defend their rights or gain new benefits. The comparative analyses reveal some crucial differences. Political interest and previous political experience are more influential in the decision to take part in reactive demonstrations. For ritual demonstrations, the decision to participate tends to be driven more by personal and organizational connections.

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Section: Political Involvementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ritual Demonstrations versus Reactive Protests: Participation Across Mobilizing Contexts in Mexico City

Inclán¹,

Almeida²

2017

Lat. Am. polit. soc.

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“…Several studies examine rising labor union activities in university settings as students have become the prevalent workforce in American higher education (Fiksenbaum, Wickens, Greenglass, & Wiesenthal, 2012;Hodgkinson, 1970;Julius, 2004;Julius & Gumport, 2003;Lafer, 2003;Rhoads & Rhoades, 2005;Smallwood, 2001;Van Dyke, Dixon, & Carlon, 2007;Vaughn, 1998;Zinni, Singh, & MacLennan, 2005). The topic of university student labor unions has recently infiltrated academic literature.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The topic of university student labor unions has recently infiltrated academic literature. These studies share a commonality in their highlighting of external influences of labor union activities as coming from larger organizations, such as the American Federation of Labor (Van Dyke et al, 2007) and the United Auto Workers (Julius, 2004). These studies discuss the larger historical, social, political, and contextual factors (Discenna, 2010;Janson, 2010;Johnson & McCarthy, 2000;Rhoades & Rhoads, 2003) that contributed to this increase in labor unionization among university students.…”

Section: Rukhsar Sharifmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Yoon¹,

Sharif²

2015

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“…Alongside the use of direct action tactics, coalition work is one of the defining features of this new brand of unionism, what many have termed "social movement unionism" (Almeida 2008). Such labor outreach was a key aim of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations' (AFL-CIO) progressive New Voice leadership during the 1990s (Van Dyke, Dixon, and Carlon 2007).…”

Section: Union Capacitymentioning

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We Can’t Win This on Our Own

Dixon

Martin

2012

Am Sociol Rev

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To cope with steep losses in membership and eroding legal protections, some unions have begun to look outward for help. Scholars likewise point to broad-based coalitions as a potential route to labor's revitalization. Yet surprisingly little is known about union coalition work, from when and why it occurs to what union allies typically bring to the table. We take up these issues with a unique dataset on strike events from the 1990s and 2000s, contributing to labor and social movement research. First, we show that despite considerable academic interest in union outreach to other social movements, this phenomenon remains fairly rare. Second, our findings demonstrate how the immediate threat to unions posed by employer intransigence matters not just for the mobilization of external allies, as the social movement literature would expect, but also for the assistance brought to bear by those allies, which has received relatively little attention from scholars. Third, although we find important distinctions in unions' propensity for outreach, results suggest a more nuanced picture of union activity than previously conceived. In various ways during strike events, both social movement unions (typically highlighted in the literature) and declining industrial unions are turning to coalition partners.

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Manufacturing Dissent: Labor Revitalization, Union Summer and Student Protest

Cited by 52 publications

References 49 publications

Ritual Demonstrations versus Reactive Protests: Participation Across Mobilizing Contexts in Mexico City

Ritual Demonstrations versus Reactive Protests: Participation Across Mobilizing Contexts in Mexico City

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