The Labor Movement in Motion

Activism for Corporate Responsibility: Conceptualizing Private Regulation Opportunity Structures

“…Yaziji and Doh () show that activist groups' radicalism is strongly influenced by resource providers (e.g., donors): to the extent that these providers' stances remains stable, it would be highly unlikely that the ideology of activist groups will change significantly. Another important aspect to consider is that, although internal conflicts over their ideological direction are frequent phenomena in activist groups, in many cases, such conflicts do not lead to ideological change, but rather to the foundation by dissidents of new activist groups (Fantasia and Stepan‐Norris, ; Rucht, ). While ideological change has been shown to be a consequence of shifting values in both the environments in which activist groups are embedded and those of their core constituents and resource providers (Zald and Ash, ), such processes generally occur over relatively extended time periods.…”

Social Movement Theory, Collective Action Frames and Union Theory: A Critique and Extension

“…For Hyman (), unions are better analysed ‘in terms of a contradiction between ideals and organized interests’ (p. 60). This inherent contradiction gives rise to what Fantasia and Stephan‐Norris () see as the non‐SM character of unions, fluctuating between ‘direct action and institutionalized power, between democracy and bureaucracy. … [U]nions restrain social combat and collective action, and thus a significant part of the labour movement can be seen as not only institutionalized, but institutionalizing’ (p. 557).…”

“…By relying on just one of a number of competing perspectives deployed within SM theory, say Tilly's () framework for understanding mobilization, IR researchers may fail to account for a number of important processes that other SM perspectives seek to explain, or to address different questions. A more comprehensive engagement with SM theory promises IR researchers a better appreciation of the strengths and weaknesses of specific concepts and how they can be adapted and operationalized to understand the unique features of unions as SMs (Fantasia and Stephan‐Norris ).…”

The Early Mobilization of Women Union Leaders — A Comparative Perspective

“…But this was not always the case. Fantasia and Stepan‐Norris () chart the purging of the Communist Party and left wing activists in the CIO in the 1940s/1950s, changing it from a social movement to business unionism with a practical accommodation to American business. Nevertheless, in the UK, where there is greater acceptance of the role of the state for the collective good, derogatory accusations of ‘left‐wing agitator’ are not an uncommon form of counter‐mobilization.…”