Social Movements by Donatella Della Porta & Mario Diani

Author:Donatella Della Porta & Mario Diani [Porta, Donatella della & Diani, Mario]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781119167679
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2020-03-10T00:00:00+00:00

As we shall see in section 7.1, a characteristic of protest is its capacity to mobilize public opinion through unorthodox forms of action and so put pressure on decision makers. The brief outline given above of anti‐austerity protest describes a series of different actions, which, taken together, form a repertoire of collective action. Section 7.2 will present tactics very different in terms of their radicalism and the “logic” driving them. For social movement actors, choices concerning the forms of action to adopt are important but difficult decisions, involving strategic calculations but also considerations of values and culture. In fact, as we shall see in section 7.3, the necessity to simultaneously address different types of public creates a number of tactical dilemmas. In addition, choices are influenced both by internal variables and by interactions with other actors. Protests spread in time and space through cyclical dynamics. Cross‐national diffusion is discussed in section 7.4. In this process, eventful protests acquire an important role (section 7.5).

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