Crooks in the Capitol: Research in contemporary social movements: a case study of Guatemala 2015

Olsen, Daniel Rosengren

10. term

Culture, Communication and Globalization. English

2016

2016-07-28

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Dette studie analyserer de sociale bevægelser i Guatemala i 2015 ved hjælp af sociologen Neil Smelsers "value-added"-ramme, som beskriver, hvordan forskellige betingelser bygger oven på hinanden og muliggør kollektiv handling. Studiet anvender rammesættets seks komponenter og fire handlings-elementer, som Smelser peger på som centrale drivkræfter for mobilisering. I stedet for at overtage hans bredere teori om "kollektiv adfærd" bruges rammen til at undersøge de strukturelle træk ved en nutidig bevægelse. Studiet inddrager også nyere perspektiver i forskningen om sociale bevægelser, især politiske processer og ressource-mobilisering—hvordan bevægelser samler og bruger mennesker, penge og netværk—og placerer disse inden for Smelsers analytiske linse fra 1962. Dermed kombinerer projektet indsigter fra tre forskellige paradigmatiske tilgange og vurderer, om value-added-rammen stadig hjælper med at forstå nutidige bevægelser. Selvom konklusionerne bygger på ét casestudie, er resultaterne positive: rammen viser sig nyttig og forholdsvis præcis i dette tilfælde, og studiet opdaterer den ved at integrere indsigter fra nyere forskning.

This study analyzes Guatemala’s 2015 social movements using sociologist Neil Smelser’s value-added framework, which breaks down how conditions build on one another to enable collective action. It applies the framework’s six components and four action elements that Smelser identified as key drivers of mobilization. Rather than adopting his broader theory of collective behavior, the study uses the framework to examine the structural features of a contemporary movement. It also brings in newer social-movement perspectives, especially work on political processes and resource mobilization—how movements gather and deploy people, money, and networks—placing these within Smelser’s 1962 analytical lens. In doing so, the project combines insights from three different paradigmatic approaches and assesses whether the value-added framework still helps explain today’s movements. Although the conclusions rest on a single case, the results are positive: the framework proves useful and reasonably accurate in this case, and the study updates it by integrating lessons from recent research.

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Sociale bevægelser ; Guatemala ; korruption ; 2015 ; Renuncia ya

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