Archive for 2018

[Previous message][Next message][Back to index]

[ecrea] Political Protest and Social Movements - the annual meeting of the Dutch/Flemish Political Science Associations - Leiden University

Wed Mar 07 17:22:33 GMT 2018



*CALL FOR PAPERS: POLITICAL PROTEST AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS*
Convenors
Ali Honari (VU Amsterdam); Pauline Ketelaars (University of Antwerp); Jasper Muis (VU Amsterdam)

Contact person and email
Jasper Muis ((j.c.muis /at/ vu.nl) <mailto:(j.c.muis /at/ vu.nl)>)

Short abstract
Any papers on protest behaviour and social movements are welcome. Contributions can be theoretical or empirical, and based on qualitative or quantitative research. We especially look forward to papers about ‘democracy protests’, activism of the populist radical right, and contributions that bridge the fields of political science, communication, and sociology.

Long abstract
This session aims to provide a more prominent place for the study of protest behaviour and social movements within Dutch and Flemish political science. Much of political science focuses on institutionalized politics, such as legislation, institutions, political parties, and established interest groups. Accordingly, the main American political science journals rarely contain work on social movements. Most of what Van Deth (2014) calls “Political Participation-II” is largely left to sociology and communication science. However, “when it comes to understanding the major waves of democratization, the rise of new political values and issues, as well as the current threats to democracy, there are hardly any political actors that are more relevant to study than social movements” (Koopmans 2007: 704-705). Any papers on protest behaviour and social movements are welcome in this panel. Contributions can be theoretical or empirical, and they can be based on qualitative or quantitative research, or both. We especially look forward to papers that advance our understanding in the following three contemporary issues in the field of ‘contentious politics’. First, we are interested in so-called ‘democracy protests’ and the role of social movement actors in political change and the process of democratization. Take for instance the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine (2014), ‘Umbrella Protests’ in Hong Kong (2014) or the ‘Twitter Revolution’ and Green Movement in Iran (2009) (Brancati 2016; Honari 2013). Second, we especially welcome papers on what Caiani (2012:4) calls the ‘bad side’ of social movement activism. Certain social movements arguably figure prominently among democracy’s current threats. In Western Europe, until 2015 the populist radical right was almost exclusively a party phenomenon and street politics was the domain of only marginal, sometimes violent, extreme right groups (Mudde 2017). In recent years, more influential and prominent extra-parliamentary groups have emerged, such as the English Defence League and PEGIDA. Third, we look forward to contributions that bridge the fields of political science, communication, and sociology. We are particularly interested in the role of social media in political contention and how the Internet gives rise to ‘unstructured’, ‘leaderless’ social movements – a model of activism that characterized for instance the Arab Spring uprisings in 2011 (Bayat 2013).

Language papers
English

Language discussions
English
---------------
The COMMLIST
---------------
This mailing list is a free service offered by Nico Carpentier. Please
use it responsibly and wisely.
--
To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit http://commlist.org/
--
Before sending a posting request, please always read the guidelines at
http://commlist.org/
--
To contact the mailing list manager:
Email: (nico.carpentier /at/ vub.ac.be)
URL: http://nicocarpentier.net
---------------


[Previous message][Next message][Back to index]