SOCI 386 Lecture Notes - World Trade Organization, General Order
31 Mar 2013
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Snow says the definition proposed by mctt is too narrow- reduces sms to the sphere of contentious politics tied to the state. This limits how we think about sms- too hegemonic. Snow argues for inclusion of collective action which targets religious groups or corporations or social structures. Emerging hegemony of the contentious politics conceptualization dismisses the other perspectives proposed by zald, lofland, etc. Wants inclusion of all extra-institutional activity, not just activity tied to the state (i. e. movements against imf and wto) Inclusion of individual and personal change (consciousness-raising) i. e. tumer argues that for a sm to start targeting the state, it first needs to penetrate the hearts and minds of the people. Sms as collective challenges to systems or structures of authority. Must distinguish between institutional bitching (accepts general order but doesn"t do anything about it) and challenges to authority.
