Secular feminism in Tunisia: a political generations approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Janine A. Clark ◽  
Samah Krichah
Keyword(s):  
Political Generations

Generational Spillover in the Resistance to Trump

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Whittier
Keyword(s):  
Generation X ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Political Generations ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S

The anti-Trump Resistance involves activists from an unusually wide range of political and chronological generations: movement veterans from the 1960s and 1970s, Generation X activists politicized in the 1980s and 1990s, Millennials who entered activism in the 2000s, and newcomers of all ages. Political generations differ in worldview based on both age and time of entry into activism. Generational spillover—the mutual influence, difference, and conflict among political generations—includes explicit attempts to teach organizing, and indirect influences on frames, organizational structures, tactics, ideologies, and goals. This chapter discusses generational spillover in the Resistance, including transmission and conflict.

Continuity and Change in the Contemporary Canadian Feminist Movement

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 443-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda O'Neill
Keyword(s):  
Social Movement ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Feminist Movement ◽  
Changing Environment ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
Political Generations ◽  
Sample Data ◽  
Formative Experiences

AbstractThis article examines how the changing environment faced by and context within the Canadian feminist movement is reflected in the beliefs and strategies of recruits to the movement at a given point in time. The framework for the investigation is Whittier's generational approach (1997) that posits that different political generations—defined as cohorts of recruits who join a social movement during distinctive periods of protest—introduce change to its collective identity given the formative experiences faced by each generation. Using an original large sample data set, I provide evidence that the changes experienced by the Canadian feminist movement from the 1980s onwards are reflected in noticeable shifts in the collective identity and activist strategies of subsequent waves of feminist recruits. The findings suggest that further research into cohort recruitment and replacement is essential for understanding the forces at play in shaping the contemporary Canadian feminist movement.

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