Conceptualizing Culture in Social Movement Research

This volume introduces and compares different concepts of culture in social movement research. It assesses their advantages and shortcomings, drawing links to anthropology, discourse analysis, sociology of emotions, narration, spatial theory, and others. Each contribution's approach is illustrated with recent cases of mobilization.

"A valuable and timely contribution. The authors and editors of this terrific volume provide the tools for figuring out how culture matters to movements with a useful conceptual framework and case studies chock-full of theoretical insights." - Francesca Polletta, University of California, Irvine, US

"In line with the more general cultural turn in the social sciences, this state-of-the-art collection of essays and analyses provides stimulating ideas and insights into theoretical, methodological, and empirical aspects of culture in social movements. It is a must for both curious newcomers and experienced scholars working in this field." - Dieter Rucht, Free University Berlin and WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany

Autorentext
Laurence Cox, National University of Ireland Maynooth Nicole Doerr, Mount Holyoke College, USA Cristina Flesher, University of Aberdeen, UK James M. Jasper, University of New York, USA Jeffrey S. Juris, Northeastern University, USA Reiner Keller, Augsburg University, Germany Olga Malets, Technische Universität München, Germany June Nash, City University of New York, USA Erik Neveu, Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Rennes, France Jochen Roose, Free University Berlin, Germany Sabrina Zajak, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

Inhalt

1. Protest and Culture: Concepts and Approaches in Social Movement Research. An Introduction; Peter Ullrich, Priska Daphi, and Britta Baumgarten PART I: THEORIZING CULTURE FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES BEYOND THE MAINSTREAM 2. Feeling - Thinking: Emotions as Central to Culture; James Jasper 3. 'A Whole Way of Struggle?': Western Marxisms, Social Movements and Culture; Laurence Cox 4. Reassessing the Culture Concept in the Analysis of Global Social Movements: An Anthropological Perspective; June Nash PART II: CULTURE AS A FRAMEWORK FOR MOVEMENT ACTIVITY 5. Culture and Activism Across Borders; Britta Baumgarten 6. Comparing Discourse between Cultures: A Discursive Approach to Movement Knowledge; Peter Ullrich and Reiner Keller 7. Culture and Movement Strength from a Quantitative Perspective: A Partial Theory; Jochen Roose PART III: INTERNAL MOVEMENT CULTURE 8. Movement Space: A Cultural Approach; Priska Daphi 9. Movement Culture as Habit(us): Resistance to Change in the Routinized Practices of Resistance; Cristina Flesher Fominaya 10. Memory and Culture in Social Movements; Nicole Doerr 11. Embodying Protest: Culture and Performance within Social Movements; Jeffrey Juris PART IV: IMPACT OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS ON CULTURE 12. Moving Culture: Transnational Social Movement Organisations as Translators in a Diffusion Cycle; Olga Malets and Sabrina Zajak 13. Memory Battles over May '68: Interpretative Struggles as Cultural Re-Play of Social Movements; Erik Neveu