Non-state violent actors and social movement organizations : influence, adaptation, and change / edited by Julie M. Mazzei.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mazzei, Julie M., editor.

Series:

Research in social movements, conflicts and change ; Volume 41.

Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change ; Volume 41

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Non-state actors (International relations).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

This volume focusses on non-state actors and political conflicts but also attends to the broader themes of the series. The research emphases the roles and motivations of non-state actors in conflicts or post-conflict situations in the post-Cold War era; as well outlining the dynamics of social movements, conflicts, or change.

Contents:

Front Cover

Non-State Violent Actors and Social Movement Organizations: Influence, Adaptation, and Change

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Contributors

Foreword

Introduction

Section I. Non-State Actors: Influence and Adaptation in Conflict Environments

Section II. Non-State Actors: Challengers and Change

References

Section I: Non-State Actors: Influence and Adaptation in Conflict Environments

Hostile Countermobilization and Political Violence: Loyalist Contention and Radicalization in Northern Ireland, 1968-1969

Historical Context

Countermobilization and Political Violence

Data and Methods

Hostile Countermobilization in Northern Ireland

Nonviolent Interactions

Violent Interactions

Socialization into Violence

Mechanisms of Radicalization

Object Shift

Tactical Codependency

Discussion and Conclusions

Notes

Acknowledgments

Killing the Movement: How Islam Became a Rival of Ethnic Movement in Turkey, 1991-2002

Countermovement Studies

Movement Repression and Political Support

Initial Movement Strength

The Turkish Setting

Kurdish Movement

Hizbullah as Countermovement

Ethnic Vote

Disaggregation: Finding the Mechanism at Work

Independent Variables

Findings

Killing the Movement?

Accounting for Other Dynamics of Movement Support

Appendix A

Variable Descriptions and Sources

Ethnic Vote (continuous)

Countermovement Killings (count)

Islamist Vote (continuous)

Agricultural Productivity (continuous)

Mechanization in Agriculture (continuous)

Protests (count)

Insurgent Attacks (count)

Incumbency Advantage (continuous)

College Education (continuous, logged)

Unemployment (continuous).

Political Participation (continuous)

Municipal Population (continuous)

Ethnic Dominance (binary)

Appendix B

Appendix C

Forms of Activism

Patterns of Violence Directed against Civilians in Small Ethnic Enclaves during War in Iraq (2003-2009)

Micro-Level Dynamics of Contention: Security Concerns, Control of Territory and Relational Approaches to Conflict

Location and Characteristics of Iraqi Enclave Communities in Ninewa Province

The Yazidis

The Chaldo-Assyrians of the Ninewa Plain

The Turkmen

Insurgent Forces in Ninewa Province and Anbar Province

Incumbent Forces in Ninewa Province and Anbar Province

Research Questions

Methods

Iraq Body Count Fatality Data

The Unit of Analysis: Attacks Killing Civilians

Defining Ethnic Enclaves

Independent Variable: Control of a Community

Dependent Variable: Civilian Fatalities

Dependent Variable: Types of Attacks Used against Civilians

Measures

The Turkmen Enclave: Using Indiscriminate Violence to Control a Small City

The Christian Communities of the Ninewa Plain: "Islands" of Stability

The Yazidis of Sinjar: Extraordinary Indiscriminate Violence

Conclusion and Postscript

Oil Ownership and Domestic Terrorism

Natural Resources and Conflict

Analysis

Dependent Variable

Oil Rents

Regime Characteristics

Control Variables

Zero-Inflated Variable

Modeling

Results

Conclusions

Appendix

Movement Structure in an Authoritarian Regime: A Network Analysis of the Women's and Student Movements in Iran

The Emergence of Contention

Social Movement Organizations and Structure

Collecting Network Data

Analyzing Network Data

Results and Analysis.

Khatami's Administration: Limited Political Opportunities (1997 through 2004)

The Student Movement

Segmentation

Reticulation

Authority

The Women's Movement

Ahmadinejad's Administration: Closed Political Opportunities, Increased Repression (2005-2008)

Protests or Parliaments: The Politics of Deinstitutionalization and the Mobilization of the Palestinian Citizens of Israel

Traditional Approaches to the Study of Ethnic Mobilization

Contentious Politics and the Dynamics of Ethno-Nationalist Mobilization: The Institutional Spectrum

The Ethno-Nationalist Deinstitutionalization of Palestinian Citizens of Israel 1948-2000

The Al Ard Affair 1960-1965

Land Day 1976

The Events of October 2000: Ethno-Nationalist Deinstitutionalization

Discussion and Conclusion: Palestinian Deinstitutionalization and the Institutional Spectrum of Ethnic Contention

When Does Repression Trigger Mass Protest? The 2013 Gezi Protests

Repression and Dissent: A Perception-Based Approach

Political Fragmentation before the Gezi Protests

Research Design and Data Collection

Waves of Protest in the Gezi Movement

From a Single-Cause Event into a Mass Movement

Scale Shift: State Repression over an Innocent Protest Event

Boundary Deactivation: Protest Experience and Perception of the Other

Discussion and Alternative Explanations

Conclusion

Appendix: Demographic Profile of Respondents

Section II: Non-State Actors: Challengers and Change.

Targeting Culture: Feminist Legal Activists and Critical Community Tactics

Targeting Culture: Theorizing Collective Actors' Influence on Cultural Change

Formulating an Alternative and Oppositional Framework of Ideas

Constructing (and Reconstructing) Forums

Broadening the Feminist Community

Law School Culture prior to Feminist Mobilizing

Feminist Mobilization within Law Schools

Student Organizations

"Women and the Law" Courses

Conferences

Case Law Books, Scholarly Books, and Law Review Journals

Conclusion: Achieving Cultural Change

Recruiting Inclusiveness: Intersectionality, Social Movements, and Youth Online

Intersectionality and Social Movement Organizations

Social Movement Recruitment

SMOs and Intersectionality

From Differential Recruitment and Frame Bridging to Intersectional Recruitment and Identity Bridging

Identities in Formation: Mobilizing Young People

Data

Intersectionality and SMO-Affiliated Websites

Intersectionality and Movements

Intersectionality and Movement SMOs

Intersectionality and Implied Identities

Intersectionality and Implied Identities on SMO-Sponsored Sites

Discussion and Conclusion

About the Authors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 10, 2017).

ISBN:

1-78714-190-X