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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"Social Movement Theory"”.
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Social movement theory and far right organizations
<p>This research examines the organized far right movement and interviews members of four right wing organizations to understand their goals and operations. This study compares the utility of two social movement theories, Resource Mobilization Theory (RMT) and New Social Movement Theory (NSMT) to …
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Standing on the Toes of Giants: Social Movement Theory and the Case of the Learning Organisation.
… topics; the perception of management theory in general, and the efficacy of the learning organisation in particular. The purpose of this thesis, therefore, is to compare the rhetoric espoused in the learning organisation literature with a survey of senior managers in large, commercial …
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The political economy of labor and student mobilizations in egypt 1919 - 2011 : a social movement theory approach
… economy of the Egyptian labor and student movements. It uses elements of social movement theory, specifically: political opportunities and threats, framing, diffusion and spillover within a broad political economy framework to assess mobilizations by the labor and student movement in four …
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An assessment of how well social movement theory explains the emergence and development of Rape Crisis Cape Town
This thesis uses three social movement theories to analyse the growth and development of Rape Crisis Cape Town (Rape Crisis). Rape Crisis provides counselling to rape victims, education and advocacy. The thesis also uses Rape Crisis to assess the analytic power of these theories, which were …
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New social movement theory and the reparations movement in Northern Ireland: The case of the WAVE Injured Group and its Campaign for Recognition
… a sociological case study, the struggle for social change from one particular group of victims based in post-violence Northern Ireland: the WAVE Injured Group and its Campaign for Recognition. To offset their relative power imbalance, this new social movement engaged in contentious …
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Utilizing Social Movement Theory to Examine Three Salafi Jihadist Groups, the Taliban, al-Qaeda, and ISIS: the Resource Mobilization Approach of Charles Tilly
This dissertation applies the social movement theory of resource mobilization to examine three Salafi jihadist movements, the Taliban, al-Qaeda, and ISIS. Originally presented in the early 1970s, Charles Tilly's resource mobilization approach within the social movement theories focuses on the …
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BITCOIN: A TECHNOLOGY-INFLUENCED SOCIAL MOVEMENT
… system. The academic study of Bitcoin by various social science disciplines and fields of law has predominantly focused on the nefarious use of cryptocurrency and the potential threat the technology could pose to national security by lessening U.S. economic influence. This thesis takes a more …
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The transformation of Israeli Peace Activism since the Second Intifada
… the second Intifada. Using a framework based in social movement theory it argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, not all parts of Israeli peace activism were paralysed in the period following the outbreak of the Intifada in 2000. By placing greater emphasis on the internal dynamics of …
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Saving the home of the tadpoles one tree at a time: A framing and pedagogical analysis of Wangari Maathai's green belt movement
… environmental organization, Kenya's Green Belt Movement (GBM) is engaged in environmental protection, feminism, human rights, education, sustainable development, democratic participation, and peace issues, amongst others. This diverse approach to social change makes it sometimes difficult to …
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The New Halal: Islamic Ethical Consumerism in the UK, Germany, and Egypt. A Social Movement Framing Approach
… examines political consumerism using a social movement theory approach. It investigates the origins of Islamic consumer campaigns aimed at changing Muslim consumer behaviour, and integrating them into European societies. It draws upon the ‘framing perspective’ within social movement …
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When Establishment and Social Movements Fail: Exploring the Populist Candidacies of the 2016 American Presidential Primaries
… research points to an alternative. Populism and social movement theory suggest that the success of anti-establishment candidacies is not credited to populists alone; in the case of 2016, it had support in the credibility and political opportunity left by social movements past. And so to …
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Exploiting weaknesses: an approach to counter cartel strategy
… and vulnerabilities. The thesis utilized social movement theory to illuminate its mobilizing structure and key essential factors that make Los Zetas vulnerable to disruption. In addition, the study identified Los Zetas' financial support structure to expose its insidious methods. Finally, …
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The Political Process Model: A Case Study of the Alaskan Native Land Rights Movement, 1959-1971
… and success of the Alaskan Native Land Rights Movement of the period between 1959 and 1971 is analyzed based on the political process model and other theories from the social movement theory perspective. Explanations outside of the political process model, including resource mobilization …
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From Social Enterprise to Social Movement: Organizing for Change in the Global South
… design and structure ‘solutions’ for deep-rooted social problems and support marginalized groups who lack voice to speak for themselves. Theoretically, I draw on institutional theory and social movement theory, and it is to these perspectives that my research seeks to contribute. Empirically, my …
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Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes: narrating a regime change
… support. Drawing from the tenets of social movement theory, this thesis examines the cases of the Iran Coup of 1953, the Guatemalan Coup of 1954, and the Nicaragua Revolution of 1978–1990 to analyze the impacts of operations aimed at shaping the perceptions of foreign target audiences …
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Origins of the Movement and the Development of Protest: The Birmingham Campaign, 1963
<p>Social movement theory in the late twentieth century has offered competing explanations for the origins and development of protest. In an attempt to explain the American Civil Rights Movement, scholars from the resource mobilization (RM) and political process theory (PPT) schools have provided …
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Rhetorical fractures : designing for social movement growth using ancient and contemporary tools
… 1940's. Genres considering mass persuasion and social and political movements remain disparate fields. In this thesis, four distinct academic verticals of thought are considered, concerning how to make sense of networks of ideas, people, and organizations. These genres include ancient rhetoric, …
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CollectiveIdentity.org: Collective Identity in Online and Offline Feminist Activist Groups
… collective identity, a concept that is used in social movement theory to understand why people are motivated to participate in social movements and social movement groups. Collective identity is a social-psychological process that links the individual to the group through a series of group …
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Narrative Fidelity to the Little Red Book in the Collective Action Framing Efforts of the Red Guard Movement: A Theoretical Model for Foundational Documents
… of this thesis is to the cultural paradigm in social movement theory. I am interested in how texts matter to social movements. I present a novel synthesis of concepts I use to uncover ideological elements in texts. I argue that foundational documents influence frame presentations, and that …
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Collective Identity in Appalachia: Place, Protest and the AEP Power Line
Previously, social movement theory has focused on constructs of identity, such as race/ethnicity, gender and sexual preference, for collective identity construction. Prochansky (1983:59) introduces the concept of place identity, situating it along with the other components of identity, such as the …
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