Aggrieved Labor Strikes Back
Опубликована: Апрель 3, 2024
Why
do
we
see
large-scale
labor
protests
and
strikes
under
some
IMF
programs
such
as
in
Greece
2010
not
others
Ireland
the
same
year?
This
Element
argues
that
extensive
market
reform
conditions
an
immobile
generate
strong
opposition
to
programs.
Labor
decentralize
open
up
cause
workers
either
lose
terms
of
rights
benefits,
while
being
stuck
job
or
fall
into
a
less
protected
sector
with
fewer
benefits.
Conversely,
more
mobile
markets,
wage
benefit
differentials
are
low,
movement
across
sectors
is
easier.
In
groups
mobilize
extent
block
The
author
tests
this
theory
global
sample
explores
causal
mechanism
four
case
studies
on
Greece,
Ireland,
Latvia,
Portugal.
Язык: Английский
Have Repertoire, Will Travel
Опубликована: Март 12, 2024
Nonviolence
is
celebrated
and
practiced
around
the
world,
as
a
universal
'method
for
all
human
conflict.'
This
Element
describes
how
nonviolence
has
evolved
into
global
repertoire,
patterned
form
of
contentious
political
performance
that
spread
an
international
movement
movements,
systematizing
institutionalizing
particular
forms
protest
best
claims-making
practice.
It
explains
formal
organizational
efforts
social
emissaries
favorable
corresponding
models
state
civic
participation
have
enabled
globalization
nonviolence.
The
discusses
historical
perspective
this
process
to
illuminate
understanding
can
explain
repertoire's
successes
failures
across
contexts
over
time.
underscores
dynamics
contention
among
repertoires
suggests
future
research
more
closely
examines
challenges
posed
by
institutionalization.
Язык: Английский
Law, Mobilization, and Social Movements
Опубликована: Март 6, 2024
Legal
and
social
movement
scholars
have
long
puzzled
over
the
role
of
movements
in
moving,
being
moved
by,
changing
meanings
law.
But
for
decades,
these
two
strands
scholarship
only
dovetailed
at
their
edges,
work
a
few
far-seeing
scholars.
The
fields
began
to
more
productively
merge
before
after
turn
century.
In
this
Element,
authors
take
an
interactive
approach
problem
sketch
four
mechanisms
that
seem
promising
effecting
true
fusion:
legal
mobilization,
legal-political
opportunity
structure,
construction,
movement-countermovement
interaction.
Element
also
illustrates
workings
interactions
from
examples
authors'
work:
campaign
same-sex
marriage
United
States
constitutionalism
South
Africa.
Язык: Английский
Protest Walls
Опубликована: Фев. 7, 2025
Protest
walls
have
played
an
important
role
in
movement
communication
and
mobilizing
the
public.
We
focus
on
contentious
performances
way
diverse
actors
co-authored
spaces
into
protest
that
were
seen
Hong
Kong
other
countries
including
Lebanon,
Iraq,
Taiwan.
argue
once
created,
can
become
objects
symbolic
of
dissent.
They
exist
as
a
lexicon-a
complex
language
symbols
spatial
practices.
This
is
now
internationally
understood
method
which
has
high
degree
transferability
be
adapted
local
contexts
or
used
to
transmit
concerns
international
consciousness.
Finally,
we
show
wall
shed
new
light
relationship
between
activists,
their
claims
targets
does
not
types
performance.
Язык: Английский
How to study democratic backsliding
Political Psychology,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
45(S1), С. 3 - 42
Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2023
Abstract
The
twenty‐first
century
has
been
one
of
democratic
backsliding.
This
stimulated
wide‐ranging
scholarship
on
the
causes
erosion.
Yet
an
overarching
framework
that
identifies
actors,
behaviors,
and
decision
processes
not
developed.
I
offer
such
a
structure
includes
elites
(e.g.,
elected
officials,
judiciary),
societal
actors
social
movements,
interest
groups,
media),
citizens.
discuss
erosive
threats
stemming
from
each
actor
concomitant
role
psychological
mechanisms.
highlights
challenge
arriving
at
holistic
explanation
erosion
within
given
country
during
finite
period.
It
also
accentuates
why
scholars
should
regularly
consider
implications
their
specific
findings
for
stability.
conclude
by
discussing
various
lessons
suggestions
how
to
study
Язык: Английский
Sixty Years of Visible Protest in the Disability Struggle for Equality, Justice, and Inclusion
Опубликована: Март 16, 2024
Visible
protests
reflect
both
continuity
and
change.
This
Element
illustrates
how
protest
around
longstanding
issues
grievances
is
punctuated
by
movement
dynamics
as
well
broader
cultural
institutional
environments.
The
disability
an
example
of
activist
networks
groups
strategically
adapt
to
opportunity
threat,
linking
waves
the
development
issue
politics.
examines
sixty
years
across
numerous
areas
that
matter
for
including
social
welfare,
discrimination,
transportation,
healthcare,
media
portrayals.
Situating
visible
in
this
way
provides
a
more
nuanced
picture
cycles
contention
they
relate
political
organizational
processes,
strategies
tactics,
short-and-long-term
outcomes.
It
also
clues
about
why
ebbs
flows,
when
matters,
who
it
matters
for,
what.
Язык: Английский
Guns and Democracy: Anti-System Attitudes, Protest, and Support for Violence Among Pandemic Gun-Buyers
Political Research Quarterly,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
77(3), С. 962 - 977
Опубликована: Май 16, 2024
The
last
decade
has
given
rise
to
substantial
concern
about
democratic
backsliding
in
the
U.S.
Manifestations
include
decreased
trust
government,
conspiratorial
beliefs,
contentious
protests,
and
support
for
political
violence.
Surprisingly,
prior
work
not
explored
how
these
attitudes
behaviors
relate
gun-buying,
an
action
that
provides
people
with
means
challenge
state.
We
address
this
topic
by
focusing
on
unprecedented
gun-buying
surge
during
COVID-19
pandemic.
Using
a
survey
over
32,000
respondents,
we
find
that—relative
pre-existing
gun
owners
(who
did
buy
pandemic)
non-gun-owning
public—pandemic
gun-buyers
are
more
likely
distrust
believe
conspiracies,
protest,
These
anti-government
views
protest
especially
among
those
who
bought
guns
reasons.
Our
findings
highlight
crucial
dynamic
underlying
recent
spike
sales
consequences
American
democracy.
Язык: Английский
Characterizing Population-level Changes in Human Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Дек. 22, 2024
Abstract
The
transmission
of
communicable
diseases
in
human
populations
is
known
to
be
modulated
by
behavioral
patterns.
However,
detailed
characterizations
how
population-level
behaviors
change
over
time
during
multiple
disease
outbreaks
and
spatial
resolutions
are
still
not
widely
available.
We
used
data
from
431,211
survey
responses
collected
the
United
States,
between
April
2020
June
2022,
provide
a
description
fluctuated
first
two
years
COVID-19
pandemic.
Our
analysis
suggests
that
at
national
state
levels,
people’s
adherence
recommendations
avoid
contact
with
others
(a
preventive
behavior)
was
highest
early
pandemic
but
gradually—and
linearly—decreased
time.
Importantly,
periods
intense
mortality,
increased—despite
overall
temporal
decrease.
These
spatial-temporal
help
improve
our
understanding
bidirectional
feedback
loop
outbreak
severity
behavior.
findings
should
benefit
both
computational
modeling
teams
developing
methodologies
predict
dynamics
future
epidemics
policymakers
designing
strategies
mitigate
effects
outbreaks.
Язык: Английский