ISYP 3000 Exam 3 Reading Guide Symbols Selves and Social Reality 7 Collective Behavior and Social Movements What are social movements Coalitions of groups that organize to achieve or prevent some social or political change According to resource mobilization theory how do social movements arise and how are they sustained Groups of dedicated folks need to acquire and use resources to create a movement Why do people participate in social movements To prevent or achieve some sort of social or political change List and explain the four main ways social movement organizations can differ 1 Structure hierarchal or non hierarchal 2 Tactics letter writing civil disobedience marches property destruction 3 Goals Change policy consciousness raising shut down 4 Frames What is a collective action frame Frame Alignment Injustice framework Frame bridging And Frame resonance Injustice Framework Frame Bridging Frame Alignment The frame will be aligned with attitudes of potential recruits Frame Resonance A deep connection between a movement s frame and experience potential recruits Injustice Framework Belief that unimpeded operation of the authority system will result in or continue and injustice What is collective behavior Emergent norm theory A riot Four phases of a riot Collective behavior Refers to social processes and events which do not reflect existing social structure But emerge In a spontaneous way Riots Form of collective behavior in which people assemble to protest and take violent measures What are rumors What are three processes of rumor transition Rumors Info not substantiated or reflected a truth claim From lecture on WTO and film This is What Democracy Looks Like What is the WTO The WTO is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations The goal is to help producers of goods and services exporters and importers conduct business What were the main organizations involved in the demonstration and how did their goals structure and tactics differ Direct Action network Non hierarchal civil disobedience shut down the meeting AFL CIO Hierarchal letter writing and march influence trade policy and elections Seattle Police Hierarchal violence arrests prevent DAN protests allow labor parade prepared for worse Participants in Black Bloc Non hierarchal support civil disobedience prepared for property destruction radicalize the protest What is a three layered intersection blockade The 3 layers are Center 1 Lock down protestors tied hands together 2 Immediately around them are protectors Making sure nothing happens to lock downs 3 And the flying squads who would run around and join protests How did the police respond to the blockade The police responded with chemical weapons and violence How did the activists interviewed or giving speeches as well as the film itself construct an injustice frame In what ways may have rumors especially in the mainstream media legitimate police violence in Seattle Rumors Info not substantiated or refuted a truth claim rumors can promote mass violence or hysteria How did WTO activists and their supporters practice jail solidarity Arrested using fake names Vigil surrounding public safety building International solidarity protests All in custody were released by Sunday all charges dropped Online Article Schwalbe Michael Sandra Godwin Daphne Holden Douglas Schrock Shealy Thompson and Michele Wolkomir 2000 Generic Processes in the Reproduction of Inequality An Interactionist Analysis Social Forces 79 419 452 How did Schwalbe et al analyze the data In what way is the analysis generalizable They used qualitative studies dealing with inequality as data asked of them of what more abstract category of phenomena is this an instance Gereralizable across different social settings How does this paper make a contribution to the study of social inequality Uncovers the generic interactional processes through which inequality is reproduced What are the four basic processes of inequality reproduction 1 Othering Defining other groups as inferior Oppressive othering Defensive othering among subordinates Implicit othering by creating powerful virtual selves 2 Subordinate Adaptation Accepting and or adapting to one s subordination Trading power for patronage Forming alternative subcultures Hustling or dropping out 3 Boundary Maintenance Maintaining boundaries between the dominant and subordinate groups Transmitting cultural capital Controlling Network access The threat of use of violence 4 Emotion management Controlling or conditioning ones emotions to facilitate inequality Regulating discourse Conditioning emotional subjectivity Scripting mass events Be able to recognize and understand the three sub process of each generic process of inequality reproduction What s the problem with trying to link action with structure What do they propose See above doing instead What Is the problem Structure is reification Reification To treat an abstraction as if it had concrete or material existence What do they propose doing instead Examine how action is linked across time and places Examine how action in one setting is constrained by the actual or anticipated actions of people elsewhere Online Article Schrock Douglas and Irene Padavic 2007 Negotiating Hegemonic Masculinity in a Batterer Intervention Program Gender Society 21 625 649 How did the authors collect and analyze their data They observed 100 meetings and took detailed field notes Analysis techniques Memos about emerging themes examined interactional practices as well as meanings of manhood How do scholars usually conceive of the concept hegemonic masculinity What is the authors alternative approach to hegemonic masculinity Traditional View Cultural ideal the most honored way to be a man in our culture Alternative view Interactional construction men s self presentations that consistently elicit others deference What kind of men did the social workers want the men to become Why didn t the batterers accept this They wanted them to be respectful non threatening empathetic egalitarians who take responsibility for their actions The batterers did not accept this because the identity batterer evoked shame and anger they made them always say they were batterers and it pissed them off What are the four interactional processes by which batterers and social workers negotiated meanings of manhood 1 By enforcing responsibility and egalitarianism 2 Resisting vulnerability and empathy 3 Asserted breadwinning 4