“Get up, Stand up”: Tactical Repertoires of Social Movements

Taylor, Verta; Dyke, Nella Van

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“…The uses of tactical repertoires can be summarized in two categories (Contamin, 2001;Taylor & Van Dyke, 2004): a substantive use -that is, a use which seeks to accomplish the specific claims raised by a movement campaign, by putting pressure, through different ways, on decision makers; and an internal or mobilization use, where action forms serve to keep a group and its sympathizers mobilized, give opportunities to participate, thus contributing to the creation of collective identities. These different uses of tactical repertoires point to the different audiences a movement -or a campaign -targets (Jasper, 1997, chapter 12).…”

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“…These are only two examples of performances of the campaign's tactical action repertoire (Taylor & Van Dyke, 2004) through which the purchase of clothes is given new meaning and clothing retailers are targeted. By focusing on Switzerland's branch of the European CCC, this article aims to analyse the ways in which this claims-making process occurs within the Swiss clothing sector.…”

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Making Political Consumers: The Tactical Action Repertoire of a Campaign for Clean Clothes

Balsiger

2010

Social Movement Studies

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Several recent studies have shown an increase in political consumerism (boycott and buycott) and a tendency towards a new 'politics in the supermarket'. These developments are usually seen as a transformation of forms of political action towards more individualized participation forms. Little attention has focused on the role of social movement activity in this transformation. In this contribution, which is based on a case study of political consumerism in the clothing sector in Switzerland, I fill this gap by analysing the ways in which political agency and mobilization shape political consumerism. I suggest taking into account the role of campaigningthat is, intentional and coordinated collective action and framing activities -as an incentive, if not a determinant, of individual political consumption. I show how different contentious performances mobilize citizens and consumers and make the consumption and production of clothing a public and political issue. I analyse the mobilizing strategies of a campaign regarding action repertoires and framing activities and ask how they contribute to provide political content to consumer products, creating a venue for political participation in the marketplace.

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Making Political Consumers: The Tactical Action Repertoire of a Campaign for Clean Clothes

Balsiger

2010

Social Movement Studies

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“…213, 217). Models of organization are drawn from cultural repertoires that have a great deal to say about which forms are 'culturally or experimentally available' in practical terms, and culturally legitimate and acceptable in strategic terms (Clemens, 1993, p. 758;Swidler, 1986;Taylor & Van Dyke, 2004). Furthermore, the organizational repertoire may provide sets of scripts for culturally sanctioned action.…”

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Managing Democracy in Social Movement Organizations

Choi-Fitzpatrick

2014

Social Movement Studies

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Leaders are crucial to social movement mobilization and maintenance. They often experience conflict between a value for inclusive engagement and a sense that they are moving efficiently toward their organizations' goals. This study draws on a multisite ethnography to suggest two mechanisms through which leaders may resolve this conflict: staging (manipulating organizational procedures) and scripting (using language to reinforce these procedures). Resolving tension in this way often leaves the leader in control of organizational processes and outcomes, and has the unintended effect of stifling the actual process of democratic participation. This study emphasizes the culturally embedded inertia of the democratic ideal and highlights a particular set of tactics for democracy management. It is proposed that these mechanisms might be helpfully applied to a growing literature on inclusive engagement in contemporary associational forms as well as a range of other institutional contexts.KEY WORDS: Democracy, culture, norms, oligarchy, organizations, inequality, strategy Organization is often thought to be a process that terminates in elite control. Yet leaders of small social movement groups are often torn between institutionally embedded demands for organizational efficiency and culturally embedded values for inclusive engagement. Social movement scholars note a steady emphasis on inclusion and consensus in the groups they study (Ferree & Martin, 1995;Polletta, 2002Polletta, , 2006. Groups preferring inclusive strategies often lack political and economic resources, relying instead on the strength of their claims and the validity of their organizational processes to establish and maintain legitimacy (Rothschild & Russell, 1986). However, rising expectations -from both individual members and the public -pressure most organizations to demonstrate efficiency (Meyer & Rowan, 1977).I draw on ethnographic fieldwork to suggest that movement and organization leaders may experience countervailing pressure between a culturally embedded value for inclusive engagement and institutionally embedded demands for organizational efficiency. Although this sort of tension was popularized decades ago (Meyer & Rowan, 1977), most of the work in intervening years has focused on oligarchy in non-bureaucratic organizations (Hallett, 2010;Leach, 2005). Ethnographic fieldwork thus provides an opportunity to better specify the ways broader cultural values shape group contexts, which in turn shape what is locally possible (Eliasoph & Lichterman, 2003).

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“…tHe PROTESTIVAL as CreatiVe fOrCe Of UrBan transfOrMatiOn if there is a single element that distinguishes urban social movements from other social and political actors, it is the strategic use of novel, dramatic, unorthodox and non-institutionalized acts, practices and strategies intended to shape public opinion, to put pressure on those holding authority or directly deal with the issues motivating collective action (taylor and Dyke, 2004;nicholls, 2007;Hamel, 2008;alonso, 2009;).…”

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Reclaim the Streets, the protestival and the creative transformation of the city

Carmo¹

2013

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-the main goal of this article is to reflect upon the relationship between creativity and urban transformation. it stems from the assumption that creativity has a paradoxical nature as it is simultaneously used for the production of the neoliberal city and by those seeking to challenge it and build alternative urban realities. first, we put forth a critical review of the creative city narrative, focused on richard florida's work, as it progressively became fundamental for the neoliberal city. afterwards, and contrasting with that dominant narrative, we describe a trajectory of Reclaim the Streets that provides the basis for our discussion of the protestival (protest + carnival) as its main creative force of urban transformation. Keywords: Creativity, urban transformation, Reclaim the Streets, protestival.Resumo -reclaiM the streets, o protestival e a transForMação criativa Da ciDaDe. O principal objetivo deste artigo é refletir sobre a relação existente entre criatividade e transformação urbana. Parte-se do princípio de que a criatividade tem uma natureza paradoxal, na medida em que é simultaneamente usada para a produção da cidade neoliberal, mas também por aqueles que procuram desafiá-la e construir realidades urbanas alternativas. Primeiro, fazemos uma revisão crítica da narrativa da cidade criativa, focada no trabalho de richard florida, por esta se ter progressivamente tornado fundamental para a cidade neoliberal. Depois, e contrastando com essa narrativa dominante, descrevemos uma trajetória do Reclaim the Streets que providencia a base para a nossa discussão do protestival (protesto + carnaval) como a sua principal força criativa de transformação urbana. Palavras-chave: Criatividade, transformação urbana, Reclaim the Streets, protestival.Résume -reclaiM the streets, Le protestival et La transForMation créatrice De La viLLe . L'objectif principal de cet article est d"interroger le rapport entre la créativité et la transformation urbaine. il s'appuie sur le caractère paradoxal de la créativité, dans la mesure où celle-ci est utilisée à la fois dans la production de la ville néo-libérale mais aussi par ceux qui tentent de défier celle-ci et construire des réalités urbaines alternatives. Dans un premier temps, nous effectuerons une révision critique du discours sur la ville créative en nous concentrant sur l'oeuvre de richard florida, qui s'est progressivement imposée comme fondamentale pour la ville néo-libérale. Dans un second temps et dans une perspective contrastant fortement avec la narrative dominante, nous décrirons le parcours du Reclaim the Streets, qui constitue la base de notre réflexion autour de la notion de protestival (protestation + carnaval) comme principale force créative de transformation urbaine.

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“Get up, Stand up”: Tactical Repertoires of Social Movements

Cited by 291 publications

References 110 publications

Making Political Consumers: The Tactical Action Repertoire of a Campaign for Clean Clothes

Making Political Consumers: The Tactical Action Repertoire of a Campaign for Clean Clothes

Managing Democracy in Social Movement Organizations

Reclaim the Streets, the protestival and the creative transformation of the city

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