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Research Committee on
Social Movements, Collective Action and Social Change RC48
Programme Coordinator
Benjamín Tejerina Montaña, Universidad del País Vasco, Spain, cjptemob@lg.ehu.es
Venue
Handels (The School of Business, Economics and Law)
Each session, group or committee is allocated in the same venue throughout the Congress, except for few occasions such as joint sessions. This is a preliminary venue and can be subject to minor changes. The final schedule will be presented in June.
Collective action in the context of globalization: Between the construction of social movements and the mobilization’s outcomes
A meaningful quantity of works about the process of construction of social movements appeared in the last years. The thematic and geographical variety of these works contributed to increase our theoretical comprehension and empirical analysis of various experiences.
The next Congress of the International Sociological Association that is going to be held in Gothenburg is an excellent occasion to have a collective debate about the state of the art relating to two key features present in the dynamic of contemporary social movements in increasingly complex societies.
The first key feature is linked to the internal dimension of collective action; the effects that this action has on the creation, expansion, transformation and decline of social movements. Actions, campaigns, discourses, conflicts, etc., mediate the interaction between society and mobilization that affects the process of internal structuring of groups, organizations and social movements.
We are interested in papers that aim to analyze the impact of mobilization campaigns, internal debates, identity redefinitions, socialization processes of activists, discourse production, internal conflicts or strategy changes, and the interactions with other political and social agents about the very social movement.
The second refers to the effect of mobilizations on society, the expected or actual impact of collective actions on social and political structures in various cultural, geographical and economical contexts.
The aims would be that of providing new insights on the political and cultural effects of social movements and protest activities by addressing theoretical, methodological, and empirical issues.
Sessions
For exact date/time schedule of each session, please contact directly session chair.
Joint sessions hosted by RC48
Session 1: Social movements and the future. Part B. Mobilization and institutions
Joint Session of RC07 Future Research and RC48 Social Movements, Collective Action and Social Change [host committee]
Joint sessions hosted by other RC
Joint session: Social movements and the future. Part A. Organization and imagination
Joint Session of RC07 Future Research [host committee] and RC48 Social Movements, Collective Action and Social Change
Joint session: Social movements and the future. Part C. Protest and outcomes
Joint Session of RC07 Future Research [host committee] and RC48 Social Movements, Collective Action and Social Change
Joint session: Towards a dialogue between scientists, civic groups and social movements. Part I
Joint session of RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology [host committee], RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements, and RC48 Social Movements, Collective Action and Social Change
Joint session: Towards a dialogue between scientists, civic groups and social movements. Part II
Joint session of RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology [host committee], RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements, and RC48 Social Movements, Collective Action and Social Change
Session 13: Towards a dialogue between scientists, civic groups and social movements. Part III
Joint session of RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology, RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements [host committee] and RC48 Social Movements, Collective Action and Social Change
Joint session: Society on the move(ments)
Joint session of RC10 Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management, RC36 Alienation Theory and Research [host committee] and RC48 Social Movements, Collective Action and Social Change
Joint session: Capitalism and crisis: Wither its future
Joint session of RC07 Futures Research, RC10 Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management, RC36 Alienation Theory and Research [host committee], RC48 Social Movements, Collective Action and Social Change, and RC51 Sociocybernetics
Organizer: Lauren Langman, Loyola University, USA, llang944@aol.com
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Integrative session 2: Globalization, subjects and crisis
Tuesday, July 13, 08:30-10:30
Integrative session of Research Committees RC40 Sociology of Agriculture and Food, RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements and RC48 Research Committee on Social Movements, Collective Action and Social
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