Players and Arenas : The Interactive Dynamics of Protest The Interactive Dynamics of Protest

Players and Arenas brings together a diverse group of experts to examine the interactions between political protestors and the many strategic players they encounter, such as cultural institutions, religious organizations, and the mass media?as well as potential allies, competitors, recruits, and funders. Discussing protestors and players as they interact within the ?arenas? of specific social contexts, the essays show that the main constraints on what protestors can accomplish come not from social and political structures, but from other players with different goals and interests. Through a careful treatment of these situations, this volume offers a new way to approach the role of social protest in national and international politics. Contents Introduction. Playing the Game Part 1. Insiders and supporters 1. Movement Factions. Players and Processes 2. Fractal Arenas. Dilemmas of Style and Strategy in a Brazilian Student Congress 3. Beyond Channeling and Professionalization. Foundations as Strategic Players in Social Movements 4. Mind the Gap! Strategic Interaction during Summit Protests Part 2. Market players 5. Corporations as Players and Arenas 6. Professions, Social Movements, and the Sovereign Corporation 7. The Double Game of Unions and the Labor Movement Part 3. Experts, intellectuals, and media 8. Giving Voice. The Ambivalent Roles of Specific Intellectuals in Immigrant and LGBT Movements 9. Playing with Fire. Flame-Retardant Activists and Policy Arenas 10. Put Me in, Coach? Referee? Owner? Security? Why the News Media Rarely Cover Movements as Political Players 11. When and Why Religious Groups Become Political Players. The Pro-Life Movement in Nicaragua 12. What the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street Illuminate about Bystander Publics as Proto-Players Conclusion Patterned Fluidity: An Interactionist Perspective as a Tool for Exploring Contentious Politics Contributors Index This compelling study bridges the gap between structural and cultural theories by placing protestors and other players with whom they interact in the context of structured arenas.

Ton de Leeuw's lifetime engagement with music, European and Oriental, gives this book its unique insight into what constitutes true modernity and innovation

Edited By James M. Jasper And Jan Willem Duyvendak. Includes Bibliographical References.