Nomads of the Present: Melucci's Contribution to `New Social Movement' Theory

Bartholomew, Amy; Mayer, Margit

doi:10.1177/026327692009004007

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“…Within the social movements literature, concern has been recently expressed about studies of framing that focus almost exclusively on meaning construction but fail to connect to the structural context in which this meaning-making occurs (Bartholomew and Mayer 1992;Benford 1993Benford , 1997Diani 1996;Ellingson 1995;Kubal 1998). In response to this concern, several researchers working in the framing perspective have aimed to show how frames are embedded in historical and material contexts (Ferree et al 2002;Oliver and Johnston 2000;Steinberg 1999).…”

Section: F Fr Ra Am MI In Ng G a An Nd D S Se En Ns Se Em Ma Ak Ki Inmentioning

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The Discourse of Globalization: Framing and Sensemaking of an Emerging Concept

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Hirsch²

2005

Am Sociol Rev

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While the literature on framing has importantly expanded our understanding of frame creation and contests from an interpretive point of view, previous studies have largely neglected the structural contexts in which framing activities occur. In this study, we propose extending the framing approach by incorporating insights from the literature on sensemaking to examine how and when opportunities for meaning creation open up and how this affects subsequent discursive processes. Connecting framing and sensemaking better enables us to examine how structural factors prompt and bound discursive processes, affecting when and where frame contests emerge. We demonstrate the utility of this approach by examining changes in the discourse of globalization. Using qualitative and quantitative analyses of newspaper articles and corporate press releases, we trace the emergence of globalization discourse, its diffusion, and the increasing contention that surrounds it. Our findings show how and where globalization discourse emerged in response to greater U.S. involvement with the international economy, and how later frame contests over the meaning of globalization have depended on the interests of the actors involved.

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Section: F Fr Ra Am MI In Ng G a An Nd D S Se En Ns Se Em Ma Ak Ki Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Discourse of Globalization: Framing and Sensemaking of an Emerging Concept

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Hirsch²

2005

Am Sociol Rev

383

226

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“…Importantly, they believe that contemporary movements are now involved in inventing new forms of politics that transcend traditional categories (Touraine, 1985: 780), and in creating a new public space that is autonomous of institutional politics (Melucci, 1985: 815). These claims, however, are hotly disputed (Plotke, 1990: 100;Scott, 1990: 11;Bartholomew and Mayer, 1992: 147 ff. ).…”

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“…However, analysts have criticised NSM theory because it focuses exclusively upon movements that are involved in 'post-material' struggles over the meaning and quality of life. Melucci, for instance, has been criticised by Bartholomew and Mayer (1992) for confining his analysis to those movements which pose purely symbolic/cultural challenges in a 'complex society' where material production is increasingly replaced by the production of signs and social relations (Melucci, 1989: 45). They argue that he has ignored recent changes in the structure of Western capitalism that have reversed many of the political-economic accomplishments of the past, which NSMs are believed to build upon.…”

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Generational Differences Amongst New Age Travellers

Martin

1998

The Sociological Review

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Previous studies of 'New Age' travellers have paid no attention to generational differences within the travellers' scene. This paper looks at these differences to reflect upon the new social movement (NSM) literature. It is argued that NSM theory only analyses those movements with 'postmaterial' concerns about culture, identity and symbolic challenges. It thus ignores less privileged movements which are concerned with apparently 'traditional' issues, such as survival, political opposition and citizenship rights. A number of such movements have emerged during the past few years in the wake of economic and social restructuring under post-Fordist conditions and the dismantling of a Keynesian-style welfare state that is associated with these processes. While the older generation of travellers was tied to the NSM movements and chose to move onto the road, the younger travellers have been forced to do so for lack of any reasonable alternative, having faced unemployment and homelessness in a post-Fordist/Keynesian era. They are, therefore, part of the contemporary movement scene to which 'old' issues are seemingly still applicable. The article concludes by showing how both the older and the younger travellers are now struggling to survive in the face of legislation which effectively criminalises their way of life.

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“…Frame theory and other related approachcs that highlighted the effects of culture and identity formation on movement activities (Melucci 1996) sought to "bring ideas back" into the discussion on social movements. But while a renewed emphasis on the ideational bases of collective action has encouraged necessary elaboration of the contours of this approach, their relative neglect of the structural conditions within which movements emerge has led, predictably, to criticisms that the perspective is too one-sided (Bartholomew andMayer 1992: Polletta 1999). The charge is warranted in the cases where frames have a ''rootless" character, unattached and unaffected by the institutions that structure power in a given context, that is, an "immaculate conception" (Mooney and Hunt 1996, p. 179) vicw of movcmcnt ideology.…”

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Master Frames, Political Opportunities, and Self-Determination: The Åland Islands in the Post-WWI Period

Stanbridge

2002

The Sociological Quarterly

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Wlile the literature on master frames has drawn attention to the crucial role of ideas in cycles of protest, reliance on the creation of frame resonance to account for the success or failure of a social movement within a cycle can be problematic. Applying propositions adapted from McAdam, McCarthy. and Zald (1996), this article traces how political opportunities interacted with Iraming processes during the emergence and developmcnt of the Aland lslands secessionist movement of the post-WWI period. The Alanders aligned their claims with early representations of the "selfdetermination master frame" that underlay the cycle of protest that emerged after the war in a way that resonated with the Allied leaders adjudicating their case. Shifts in political conditions, however, helped to foster an intense "framing contest" among contenders that in the end undermined the Alanders' representation of the master frame and their ability to achieve desired ends. Although the case rcveals certain shortcomings in the propositions, they nevertheless provide a useful starting point when documenting the complex interplay of political conditions and framing processes in an instance of collective action.

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Nomads of the Present: Melucci's Contribution to `New Social Movement' Theory

Cited by 32 publications

References 10 publications

The Discourse of Globalization: Framing and Sensemaking of an Emerging Concept

The Discourse of Globalization: Framing and Sensemaking of an Emerging Concept

Generational Differences Amongst New Age Travellers

Master Frames, Political Opportunities, and Self-Determination: The Åland Islands in the Post-WWI Period

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