Social Movements and Social Networks: Introduction

Krinsky, John; Crossley, Nick

doi:10.1080/14742837.2013.862787

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“…Additionally, the inherently social nature of vernacularization fosters relationships that provide the movement community with a set of social networks conducive for communicating with and galvanizing recruitment targets. This point resonates with social movement studies on the relevance of social ties to recruitment and mobilization (see, e.g., Diani ; Krinsky and Crossley ; McAdam 2003), particularly in high‐risk situations (McAdam ; McAdam and Paulsen ). During vernacularization activities, translators and their audience inevitably interact with one another.…”

Section: Vernacular Mobilization Of Human Rightssupporting

confidence: 72%

“…For Myanmar's SOGI minority movement, the interactions reconfigure old relationships as well as forge new ones. Together with a newly constructed collective identity, these relationships bind activists together, giving new meaning (also see Jasper and Poulsen ; Krinsky and Crossley ) to being a SOGI minority person—somebody who belongs to a community of people with shared identities, grievances, and goals. The social ties are vital to movement expansion to the grassroots.…”

Section: Vernacular Mobilization Of Human Rightsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Vernacular Mobilization of Human Rights in Myanmar's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Movement

Chua¹

2015

Law Soc Rev

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This article examines how activists build a movement for sexual orientation and gender identity minorities in Myanmar, a country that is known for violent suppression of protests and is undergoing political reform. Based on original fieldwork, it finds that activists deploy a strategy of "vernacular mobilization of human rights" to persuade others to join their cause despite the risks to personal safety and to get around political constraints on collective organizing. Conceptualized at the intersection of the cultural study of human rights and social movements scholarship, "vernacular mobilization of human rights" theorizes the relationship between vernacularization-the translation and local adaptation of human rights-and movement micromobilization, specifying how the former unfolds as collective action framing processes. Through vernacularization activities, such as human rights workshops, movement leaders reframe grievances and shift the attribution of blame to empower and recruit new activists. Furthermore, with these framing processes, they generate a political community with a collective identity and social networks that they use to continue expanding the movement. The article enriches debates about the implications of implementing human rights and understandings of the relationship between human rights and movement mobilization, especially under repressive or uncertain political conditions.

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Section: Vernacular Mobilization Of Human Rightssupporting

confidence: 72%

Section: Vernacular Mobilization Of Human Rightsmentioning

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The Vernacular Mobilization of Human Rights in Myanmar's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Movement

Chua¹

2015

Law Soc Rev

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“…One of the major advances of social movement research in the past three decades resides in the recognition that general values and beliefs alone are usually not sufficient to explain variation in individual-level participation (McAdam 1999). Mediating between movement-sympathetic beliefs and actual movement participation are social networks and organizations (Krinsky and Crossley 2014). Personal networks of family, friends, neighborhood, and workplace (Dixon and Roscigno 2003), as well as community-level organizations, act as important reference groups in pulling receptive individuals into activism (Kitts 2000).…”

Section: Personal Recruitmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ritual Demonstrations versus Reactive Protests: Participation Across Mobilizing Contexts in Mexico City

Inclán¹,

Almeida²

2017

Lat. Am. polit. soc.

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Using an innovative survey of protest participants and nonparticipants from five major street demonstrations in Mexico City in 2011 and 2012, this study tests the assumption that influences on protest participation vary across different types of events; namely, ritual demonstrations and reactive protests. The comparison is based on two assumptions: that these are two of the dominant forms of protest in contemporary Latin America, and that specifying the context for different types of social movement participation provides a better understanding of the individual mobilization process for groups seeking to defend their rights or gain new benefits. The comparative analyses reveal some crucial differences. Political interest and previous political experience are more influential in the decision to take part in reactive demonstrations. For ritual demonstrations, the decision to participate tends to be driven more by personal and organizational connections.

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“…Abers and Keck () emphasize the importance of network activity in building practical authority, and networks have been broadly recognized for their role as resources for entrepreneurial actors (Moore and Westley, ) and social movements (Krinsky and Crossley, ). For example, in a developing world context, Paudel et al () highlight the importance of community forestry networks in helping local communities realize the benefits of forest tenure reform.…”

Section: Practical Authority and Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The creative and pragmatic nature of the concept thus has close affinities with concepts of critical institutionalism (de Koning and Cleaver, 2012), the concept of 'creative syncretism' of Berk and Galvan (2009), and processes of microinstitutionalization (Moseley and Charnley, 2014). Abers and Keck (2013) emphasize the importance of network activity in building practical authority, and networks have been broadly recognized for their role as resources for entrepreneurial actors (Moore and Westley, 2011) and social movements (Krinsky and Crossley, 2014). For example, in a developing world context, Paudel et al (2010) highlight the importance of community forestry networks in helping local communities realize the benefits of forest tenure reform.…”

Section: Practical Authority and Networkmentioning

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Building Practical Authority for Community Forestry in and through Networks: The role of community‐based organisations in the U.S. West

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Policy and economic changes in the late 20th century fundamentally reorganized the governance of public forestlands in the US West, throwing longstanding rural development trajectories into disarray. Place‐based NGOs emerged across the West in the wake of this transformation to help rural communities gain access to the benefits of new restoration‐oriented management paradigms. Here we analyse the practical efforts of two of these community‐based organizations, Wallowa Resources and the Watershed Research and Training Center, as they attempt to implement community forestry practices in highly complex institutional environments. We focus on the ways in which these organizations access and utilize social networks at multiple scales in order to build the ‘practical authority’ necessary to lead institutional change efforts in and on behalf of rural communities. We consider both the strategic advantages and the practical challenges of working in multiple forums at multiple scales in pursuit of linked community and environmental benefits. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment

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Social Movements and Social Networks: Introduction

Cited by 132 publications

References 48 publications

The Vernacular Mobilization of Human Rights in Myanmar's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Movement

The Vernacular Mobilization of Human Rights in Myanmar's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Movement

Ritual Demonstrations versus Reactive Protests: Participation Across Mobilizing Contexts in Mexico City

Building Practical Authority for Community Forestry in and through Networks: The role of community‐based organisations in the U.S. West

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