Social Movements, Protest, and Practices of Social Change

Gillan, Kevin

doi:10.1002/9781119429333.ch18

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“…Anti-corporate gamer activism clearly aims at solving collective or community problems. Gillan’s (2020) comprehensive scheme of tactical repertoires shows that conventional “WUNC-type” (worthiness, unity, numbers, and commitment) repertoires do not cover all contemporary social protests and movements (Tilly, 2010). Direct action, lifestyle politics, and prefiguration, each of which attracts increasing scholarly attention since the 2010s, are non–WUNC-types of activism that employ their own specialized repertoires (De Moor, 2017; Yates, 2015).…”

Section: Gamer Activism Against the Corporate Exploitation And Contro...mentioning

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The Significance and Complexities of Anti-Corporate Gamer Activism: Struggles Against the Exploitation and Control of Game-Worlds in 2000s China

Chew

2022

Games and Culture

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Few studies explore the progressive sociopolitical relevance of gamers. This study contributes to this exploration by investigating a common yet neglected type of gamer activism: struggles against the exploitation and control of game-worlds by game publishers. I analyze it with anti-corporate Chinese gamer activism between 2003 and 2010. I found seven recurring battlefronts on which gamers carried out violent protests, clicktivism, media campaigns, connective action, political consumerism, and litigation. They involved technical problems, publisher staff’s rent-seeking, termination of game-worlds, abusive game design, and the mishandling of the problems of duping, bots, and virtual property theft. Numerous groups including gold farmers and consumer associations were involved in these complex struggles. This study’s core dataset was collected between 2007 and 2011 from media reports on gamer activism, game industry reports, in-game observation, and documentary and video records of gamer mobilization. Supplementary data were collected between 2012 and 2015 and again in 2018 and 2019.

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Section: Gamer Activism Against the Corporate Exploitation And Contro...mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Significance and Complexities of Anti-Corporate Gamer Activism: Struggles Against the Exploitation and Control of Game-Worlds in 2000s China

Chew

2022

Games and Culture

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“…For example, in their criticism of Tilly's approach, Doherty and Hayes (2018: 280) argue that in thinking about strategy we need to connect 'long-term thinking' with 'overall goals', while Bringel and Domingues (2015) call for the multiplication of actors and centres in understanding prospects of change enacted by social movements. To address these shortcomings Gillan (2019) has proposed an actor-centred approach to strategy, which provides a basic typology of strategic practices in social movements. He focuses his analysis on two variable dimensions: the degree to which persuasion is important for social change and the temporal domain.…”

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Politics of alliance in the farmers’ march to Parliament in India

Fadaee

2021

International Sociology

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On 30 November 2018 tens of thousands of Indian farmers marched to Parliament and demanded a special session to discuss the deepening agrarian crisis. The protest march to Parliament was only the latest in a series of protest marches which had been organized by an umbrella group of over 200 farmers’ organizations from all over India. Moreover, for the first time, an alliance of different activist groups, political parties, trade unions and students had cohered to support the farmers and their cause. Despite its political, empirical and theoretical significance, research on the formation of alliances has gained scant attention in sociological research. Based on original research, this article suggests alliance building should be understood with reference to political opportunities, processes of meaning attribution and framing, and as a strategy, which facilitates worthiness, unity, numbers and commitment (WUNC displays, as outlined by Charles Tilly).

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“…If they do not aim for exclusive control, they are not revolutionary (Karaliotas and Swyngedouw 2019; Abdullah 2020). A redemptive social movement is radical in scope but focused on the individual (Gillan 2019).…”

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Social protests and government responsiveness in Nigeria: a study on Bring Back Our Girls Movement

Aluko

2020

PJPS

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Socio-political movements in any country seek to ensure what they perceive to be equity in governance, accountability of government personnel and prevent issues that could lead to injustice and violence if left unattended. Socio-political movements exist worldwide and, thus, are not peculiar to developing countries. They are excellent tools for expressing democratic nature of a given society and a tool for contestation against undemocratic governments. This paper analyses the actions and reactions of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) socio-political movement in Nigeria. The research question is to what extent has the movement been able to achieve accountability from the government in the quest of restoring the missing Chibok girls? The relative deprivation theoretical framework and political settlement analysis are employed to show the impact of the group reactions on the actions of the government. The analysis domiciles on the government of Nigeria. The paper concludes that democratic growth and development are sustained whenever citizens are able to approach the government by means of social movements and peaceful contestation. Resumo Os movimentos sociopolíticos em qualquer país procuram garantir o que consideram ser equidade na governança, responsabilização do governo e prevenir questões que poderiam levar à injustiça e violência se não fossem atendidas. Os movimentos sócio-políticos existem em todo o mundo e, portanto, não são peculiares aos países em desenvolvimento. São excelentes ferramentas para expressar a natureza democrática de uma determinada sociedade e uma ferramenta de contestação contra governos não democráticos. Este artigo analisa as ações e reações do movimento sócio-político Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) na Nigéria. A questão de investigação é perceber até que ponto o movimento foi capaz de obter a responsabilização do governo no retorno das jovens Chibok desaparecidas. A análise do acordo político é utilizado para mostrar o impacto das reações de grupo nas ações do governo. A análise foca-se no governo da Nigéria. O artigo conclui que o crescimento e desenvolvimento democráticos são sustentados sempre que os cidadãos se conseguem aproximar do governo por meio de movimentos sociais e contestação pacífica.

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Social Movements, Protest, and Practices of Social Change

Cited by 16 publications

References 53 publications

The Significance and Complexities of Anti-Corporate Gamer Activism: Struggles Against the Exploitation and Control of Game-Worlds in 2000s China

The Significance and Complexities of Anti-Corporate Gamer Activism: Struggles Against the Exploitation and Control of Game-Worlds in 2000s China

Politics of alliance in the farmers’ march to Parliament in India

Social protests and government responsiveness in Nigeria: a study on Bring Back Our Girls Movement

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