Radical Flank Effects

Haines, Herbert H.

doi:10.1002/9780470674871.wbespm174

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“…Previous research has stressed the need to analytically differentiate between radical and moderate social movement organizations (SMOs) (Fitzgerald and Rodgers 2000;Haines 2013), but we argue for the importance of also highlighting distinctions among radical SMOs. All four groups presented above can be considered radical in the sense that they strive for a profound structural change of the political and economic order (Jämte 2013(Jämte , 2017.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…The activists also criticize other forms of power relations, for instance racism, sexism, homophobia, and speciesism. This makes them potential allies with a wide range of other movements, and in practice they have often functioned as a "radical flank" to these movements (Haines 2013). The RLLM primarily seeks social and political change outside of institutional politics.…”

Section: The Swedish Radical Left Libertarian Movement and Its Four Tmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Consequences of Soft Repression*

Jämte¹,

Ellefsen²

2020

Mobilization: An International Quarterly

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This article examines the consequences of soft repression on social movement activists. By drawing on activists’ perceptions, we develop a multilayered analytical framework that captures the experienced effects of soft repression at the individual, organizational, and movement levels. Our results show that soft repression—in particular, labeling, and stigmatization— primarily affect the individual level by triggering self-policing and self-control. By introducing a model that incorporates several radical social movement organizations, we also show how labeling and stigmatization affect different radical groups in different ways. These measures sometimes fail to demobilize the primary targets of the repressive actions, the most militant and clandestine groups. Instead, the demobilizing effects seem most evident in organizations that mobilize openly and inclusively. Our analysis is based on in-depth interviews with activists from the radical left-libertarian movement (RLLM) in Sweden, most of which have been active in organizations labeled as “violence-affirming extremists” by the Swedish government.

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Section: Specifying Radicalnessmentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: The Swedish Radical Left Libertarian Movement and Its Four Tmentioning

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The Consequences of Soft Repression*

Jämte¹,

Ellefsen²

2020

Mobilization: An International Quarterly

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“…The radical flank effect played a recurrent part in these processes, producing both positive and negative outcomes for the protest movement (Haines, 2013). Negatively, the more uncompromising actions and demands of some networks are instrumentalized by state players to discredit the actions of the protest movement as a whole.…”

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Activism in the Middle East and North Africa in times of upheaval: social networks’ actions and interactions

Volpi

Clark

2018

Social Movement Studies

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We seek to better understand recent changes in social mobilization in the MENA region by analysing the formation and evolution of social networks. We propose an interactive perspective linking up contentious politics with routine governance through a dynamic articulation of repertoires of contention. At the heart of our analysis of social networks lie important questions regarding agency, strategic action and outcomes that have significance for social mobilization, social movements and politics at large. We outline how mobilization can change suddenly in the face of dramatic social and political events that transform societal interactions and adopt a bottom-up approach that highlights how micro level interactions in times of crisis produce specific logics and dynamics inside networks and shape what the networks achieve. By starting with descriptions of interactions at the grassroots level, we seek to explain macro level dynamics between networks and other players, including the state. In our approach, the role of other players becomes as important as, if not more than, structural characteristics. By adopting an interactionist orientation, we reveal the temporal dimension of strategic and non-strategic choices of these different players. In this perspective, the internal dynamics of the networks play a crucial part in determining the strategy of mobilization at the time of unrest; they also shape the possibilities for reformulating of the identity of the movement. Equally, the interactions between networks and other social and political players during episodes of contention contribute to validate or invalidate the internal choices of the networks; they also shape the impact of the networks' mobilization on the trajectory of the protests. Finally, the resonance of the networks with the behaviours and identities activated by the upheaval simultaneously empower them as players and tie their fate to a specific type of demands and needs which may be more or less transient.

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“…While radical activists tend to be skeptical towards contacts with state representatives, moderate activists often see this as necessary for solving the problems at hand. Haines (1988Haines ( , 2013 talks about 'radical flank effects' to describe how these different logics can both strengthen and counteract the overall goals of a movement. On the one hand, the more conflict-oriented strategies of the movement's 'radical flank' (e.g.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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25 YEARS AFTER THE COMMUNISM IN EUROPE: PHENOMENA, PROBLEMS AND TEORETICAL EXPLANATIONS: Radical Urban Movements in Poland – the case of squatting

Piotrowski¹,

Polanska²

2016

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Radical Urban Movements in Poland -the case of squatting Radical social movements are more and more often the subject of academic inquiry, where their agenda, identity-building processes and repertoires of action are examined vis a vis the dominant discursive opportunity structures. The case study presented in this article is the squatting movement in Poland. We interpret this movement, its actions and in particular alliance-building strategies, through the perspective of radical flanks of broader urban social movements environment.

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Radical Flank Effects

Cited by 29 publications

References 8 publications

The Consequences of Soft Repression*

The Consequences of Soft Repression*

Activism in the Middle East and North Africa in times of upheaval: social networks’ actions and interactions

25 YEARS AFTER THE COMMUNISM IN EUROPE: PHENOMENA, PROBLEMS AND TEORETICAL EXPLANATIONS: Radical Urban Movements in Poland – the case of squatting

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