Immigrants’ political claims in Portugal: confronting the political opportunity structure with perceptions and discourses

Oliveira, Catarina Reis; Carvalhais, Isabel Estrada

doi:10.1080/01419870.2016.1259487

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“…While we agree with Oliveira and Carvalhais (2017), that the role of POS should not be overestimated to the detriment of mobilization, understanding the structure of opportunities and threats is useful for analyzing the production and dissemination of knowledge, particularly in regard to controversial technologies. Knowledge production should be considered in POS models to include ‘characteristics of the state and the dominant political culture, the cultural tendencies of the action environment, and economic actors’ (Wahlström and Peterson, 2006: 366).…”

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“…Knowledge production should be considered in POS models to include ‘characteristics of the state and the dominant political culture, the cultural tendencies of the action environment, and economic actors’ (Wahlström and Peterson, 2006: 366). Central to understanding social movement dynamics, inclusion of POS can assist in identifying ‘missed and prospective opportunities’ (Oliveira and Carvalhais, 2017: 789; see also Sawyers and Meyer, 1999).…”

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‘It Is a Tradition in the Nuclear Industry . . . Secrecy’: Political Opportunity Structures and Nuclear Knowledge Production in France

Schweitzer

Mix

2021

Sociological Research Online

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Employing the example of France’s civil nuclear program, we connect political opportunity structures (POSs) to mechanisms of knowledge production, identifying how opposing stakeholders generate knowledge about a controversial technology. A history of nuclear dependence in France creates a context that praises, normalizes, and rationalizes nuclear energy while stigmatizing attempts to question or contest the nuclear industry’s dominant position. Integrating Bond’s knowledge-shaping process with Coy and colleagues’ concept of oppositional knowledge, we consider how the broader social, political, and economic context influences opposing stakeholder assessments of nuclear energy. Employing qualitative semi-structured interviews, we offer unique insight into the French nuclear debate, discussing the role of POS in shaping knowledge production.

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‘It Is a Tradition in the Nuclear Industry . . . Secrecy’: Political Opportunity Structures and Nuclear Knowledge Production in France

Schweitzer

Mix

2021

Sociological Research Online

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Social Workers and the Policy Process: When Does Opportunity Knock?

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Weiss‐Gal

2020

J of Pol Practice & Research

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Social workers' policy engagement has been the subject of growing interest in the social work discourse in recent years. In order to contribute to theoretical and empirical knowledge for social workers and social work organizations seeking to undertake their policy role, this article will seek to better understand one of the types of factors that determines this engagement, particularly on the macro level. The focus of much of the discussion on the factors associated with social workers' policy engagement has been on social workers' motivation to engage in policy practice and the degree to which their workplaces facilitate this type of activity. However, the discourse tends to ignore the impact of the policy environment on this. Drawing on the concept of "opportunity structures" and insights from the neo-institutionalist literature, this article suggests that social workers' access to the policy-making process is crucial if we seek to better understand their policy practice. On the basis of examples from different countries and historical periods, and a more in-depth examination of Israeli case studies, we underscore the ways in which opportunity structures deriving from institutional or temporal factors lead to divergences in the form and level that policy engagement by social workers takes in different contexts.

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Diasporic assistance in authoritarian settings: Evidence from military Brazil

Grossman

2022

Political Geography

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Immigrants’ political claims in Portugal: confronting the political opportunity structure with perceptions and discourses

Cited by 11 publications

References 25 publications

‘It Is a Tradition in the Nuclear Industry . . . Secrecy’: Political Opportunity Structures and Nuclear Knowledge Production in France

‘It Is a Tradition in the Nuclear Industry . . . Secrecy’: Political Opportunity Structures and Nuclear Knowledge Production in France

Social Workers and the Policy Process: When Does Opportunity Knock?

Diasporic assistance in authoritarian settings: Evidence from military Brazil

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