scholarly journals “They don´t represent us!” Opportunities for a Social Movement Unionism Strategy in Spain

2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holm-Detlev Köhler ◽  
José Pablo Calleja Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
New Social Movements ◽  
Social Efficiency ◽  
Spanish Economy ◽  
Social Movement Unionism ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Facilitating Conditions

Our goal is to analyze strategies of union revitalization that have been successful elsewhere and have the potential to become so in Spain. Within these practices, Social Movement Unionism focuses on alliances with other groups to improve unions’ social efficiency. In this article, we address the applicability of the principles of Social Movement Unionism in the specific case of Spain. Given the transformations in the Spanish economy and labour laws tending towards further deregulation, Spanish unions have had to react. The emergence of new social movements such as the Indignados or Mareas Ciudadanas (civic tides) and the declining confidence in unions among the Spanish population, make this approach timely and appropriate. For this article, we will take certain aspects from the trade union revitalization debate and combine them with the main theories on New Social Movements. We will apply these approaches to a specific case study: The viability of cooperation between the largest Spanish trade unions and the recent social movements arising from the Indignados movement. For this purpose, we will primarily use data from secondary sources and transcripts of interviews conducted with unionists and social movement activists. With all these elements taken into consideration, we will conclude by showing the inhibiting and facilitating conditions for the development of a Social Movement Unionism strategy for the referred actors.

Diverse and Contra-Sectional Subjectivities in Social Movement Unionism: A Study of Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha (Mazdoor Karyakarta Samiti)

2020 ◽  
pp. 003802292097031
Author(s):  
Dillip Kumar Dash
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Social Movement Unionism ◽  
Sectional Analysis

Social movement unionism is one of the experiments of bringing together different issues and struggles associated with workers. The idea has been critiqued by different scholars because of different confrontations associated with issues and strategies. The paper argues that such discomfort arises from a monolithic understanding of social movements and their subjects. Assumption of ideological uniformity restricts analysis of the confronting nature of subjects and subjectivities as well as factions and fragmentation of movements. Here, the attempt is to understand diversity in movements through ‘contra-sectionality’. The ethnography for research was conducted on a movement named Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha (Mazdoor Karyakarta Samiti) in Chhattisgarh. Through a contra-sectional analysis, the article reflects on fragmented consciousness and its implication for the movement.

Exploring the Politics of Social Movements through ‘Sociological Intervention’: A Case Study of Local Exchange Trading Schemes

1998 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 564-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter North
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Small Study ◽  
Local Exchange ◽  
Methodological Approaches

Touraine's method of Sociological Intervention (SI) for the analysis of social movements is examined in the light of a case study of Local Exchange Trading Schemes (LETS). Tempered by Melucci's critique of Touraine's attempt to find one ‘higher’ meaning of a social movement, LETS was examined using a staged series of focus groups to uncover and illuminate the extent that LETS can be regarded as a social movement. The appropriateness of SI as a method within the resource constraints of a small study is discussed, and SI is recommended as an effective method of examining emerging social movements if triangulated with other methodological approaches.

Social Movements and Progressive Governments: Building a New Relationship in Latin America

2016 ◽  
Vol 67 (8) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Marta Harnecker
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Major Element ◽  
Latin American Politics ◽  
New Social Movements ◽  
Berlin Wall ◽  
Presidential Candidates ◽  
Social Organizations

The major element missing from Latin American politics in recent decades has been, with rare exceptions, the traditional workers' movement, beaten down by flexibilization, subcontracting, and other neoliberal measures.&hellip; The fall of the Berlin Wall and the defeat of Soviet socialism left the parties and social organizations of the left inspired by that model seriously weakened. At the same time, trade unions were hit hard by the weakening of the working class, part of the larger social fragmentation produced by neoliberalism. In that context, it was new social movements, and not the traditional parties and social organizations of the left, that rose to the forefront of the struggle against neoliberalism, in forms that varied widely from one country to another.&hellip; The situation in the 1980s and '90s in Latin America was comparable in some respects to the experience of pre-revolutionary Russia in the early twentieth century.&hellip; [M]any of the region's peoples said "enough" and started mobilizing, first in defensive resistance, then passing to the offensive. As a result, presidential candidates of the left or center-left began to triumph, only to face the following alternative: either embrace the neoliberal model, or advance an alternative project motivated by a logic of solidarity and human development.&hellip; [Consequently,] a major debate has emerged over the role that new social movements should adopt in relation to the progressive governments that have inspired hope in many Latin American nations.<p class="mrlink"><p class="mrpurchaselink"><a href="http://monthlyreview.org/index/volume-67-number-8" title="Vol. 67, No. 8: January 2016" target="_self">Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the <em>Monthly Review</em> website.</a></p>

Protest, Poverty and Power: A Case Study of the Anti-Poll Tax Movement

1995 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 693-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Bagguley
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
New Social Movements ◽  
Conservative Government ◽  
Poll Tax

In 1989–90 a regressive local tax, the Community Charge or poll tax as it became known, was introduced by the Conservative government. Its implementation was met by widespread sometimes violent protest, and a systematic campaign of non-payment. In response the tax Was replaced by the more progressive Council Tax. This paper considers the nature of the anti-poll tax protest. Its social base, forms of organisation and tactics are considered in relation to theoretical debates about new social movements and poor people's movements.

scholarly journals Social Movement Literature and U.S. Labour: A Reassessment

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-179
Author(s):  
Keith Mann
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Occupy Wall Street ◽  
New Social Movements ◽  
Wall Street ◽  
Labour Movement ◽  
Common Features ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Arab Spring

Largely due to its conservative profile at the time, the U.S. labour movement was largely absent from modern social movement literature as it developed in response to the new social movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Recent labour mobilizations such as the Wisconsin uprising and the Chicago Teachers’ strike have been part of the current international cycle of protest that includes the Arab Spring, the antiausterity movements in Greece and Spain, and Occupy Wall Street. These struggles suggest that a new labour movement is emerging that shares many common features with new social movements. This article offers a general analysis of these and other contemporary labour struggles in light of contemporary modern social movement literature. It also critically reviews assumptions about the labour movement of the 1960s and 1970s and reexamines several social movement concepts.

scholarly journals The evolving quality and scope of new social movements: Toronto food security organizations mobilizing for change.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Schieck
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
New Social Movements ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Movement Theory ◽  
Food Taking ◽  
Security Organizations

"This research project investigates some contemporary urban aspects of the politics of food. Taking social movement theory as my theoretical framework, this paper examines the ways in which the practices and services of Toronto organizations such as the Stop Community Food Centre, FoodShare, and Not Far From The Tree promote countercultural food ideologies and thus may be viewed as actors attempting to influence political and social change through food. While individual organizations should not be confused with social movements, it is possible that we may be able look at this ensemble of organizations as an informal network that exemplifies a new contemporary form of social movement."--Pages 3-4.

scholarly journals Media Sosial sebagai Gerakan Sosial Digital: Studi Kasus Akun Instagram @Aliskamugemash dalam Menyuarakan Kejahatan Seksual LWD terhadap Perempuan

ijd-demos ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata Maharani ◽  
Nadika Muhammad Ardiansyah ◽  
Rista Bella Annisa ◽  
Zidan Hizbullah
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Collective Behavior ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Sexual Crimes ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Media Applications

AbstractIn this era of globalization, technology is increasingly being used in all areas of life which has a major impact on social interactions among people. This is marked by the existence of social changes in communication carried out by the community both directly and in cyberspace through digital platforms such as social media applications. Over time, the use of digital platforms is not only used as a means of communication, but is also used in carrying out a digital-based social movement called a digital movement. Like the presence of the Instagram account @aliskamugemash as the embodiment of a digital-based social movement in exploring and preventing the emergence of fraud victims from online dating applications. The research we conducted used a descriptive qualitative approach. With the aim of research to examine and in-depth analysis related to social movements and collective behavior with the @aliskamugemash Instagram account case study. The results found various interactions or movements of Instagram users who participated in voicing and disseminating information to all women to be more careful, as well as to avoid similar incidents from happening to other women.Keywords: digital social movements, sexual crimes, digital platforms, fraud. Abstrak Pada era globalisasi ini teknologi semakin gencar digunakan dalam segala bidang kehidupan yang kemudian pun berdampak besar pula pada interaksi sosial di antara masyarakat. Hal ini ditandai dengan adanya perubahan sosial dalam berkomunikasi yang dilakukan oleh masyarakat baik dilakukan secara langsung maupun dengan dunia maya melalui platform digital seperti aplikasi sosial media. Seiring berkembangnya waktu, penggunaan platform digital tidak semata-mata hanya digunakan sebagai alat berkomunikasi saja, namun dimanfaatkan pula dalam melakukan sebuah pergerakan sosial berbasis digital yang disebut digital movement. Seperti hadirnya akun Instagram @aliskamugemash sebagai perwujudan sebuah gerakan sosial berbasis digital dalam mengupas dan mencegah munculnya korban penipuan dari aplikasi kencan online. Penelitian yang kami lakukan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif. Dengan tujuan penelitian untuk menelaah dan analisis mendalam terkait gerakan sosial dan perilaku kolektif yang dengan studi kasus akun Instagram @aliskamugemash. Hasilnya ditemukan beragam interaksi ataupun gerakan para pengguna instagram yang ikutserta menyuarakan dan menyebarluaskan informasi kepada seluruh perempuan untuk lebih berhati-hati, juga menghindari kejadian serupa berulang pada perempuan lainnya. Kata kunci: gerakan sosial digital, kejahatan seksual, platform digital, penipuan.

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