Stockemer The Micro and Meso Levels of Activism

A Comparative Case Study of Attac France and Germany
2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-26432-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 226 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Interest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series

Focusing on the Attac movements in France and Germany, this book seeks to explain the dramatic differences that exist between the individual and organisational levels of activism. The author derives engagement patterns for various types of activists and develops a typology of social movement organisations positing possible trends in membership.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stockemer, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. The Social Movement Scholarship: What do We Know and What is Still Unclear 2. The Alter-Globalization Movement and Attac 3. The Methods and the Interview Sample 4. The Trajectory of Attac France 5. The Trajectory of Attac Germany 6. Why, When and how Much are People Involved? Conclusion Appendix 1: The Interview and Coding Scheme for this Study The Interview Scheme The Coding Scheme Appendix 2: The Organizational Structure of Attac France Appendix 3: The Organizational Structure of Attac Germany Appendix 4: The Interviews France Germany

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel Stockemer is an Assistant Professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa, Canada. Daniel is interested in questions of political participation and representation. Among others, his work has appeared in European Union Politics, Electoral Studies and the International Political Science Review.