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Lars Christiansen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • how the civil rights movement revitalized labor Militancy
    American Sociological Review, 2002
    Co-Authors: Larry W Isaac, Lars Christiansen
    Abstract:

    Can newly ascendant social movements revitalize the militant culture of older, institutionalized movements? Recent studies have focused on relations between new ascendant social movements like the civil rights, women's, and peace movements that emerged during the postwar cycle of protest, and therefore have been unable to address this question. Focusing on revitalization as a qualitatively different form of intermovement relation, the authors examine the possibility that civil rights movement insurgencies and organizations revitalized workplace labor Militancy during the postwar decades. Time-series models show that the civil rights movement fueled an expanded militant worker culture that challenged management and sometimes union leadership. However, this revitalization of labor Militancy was contingent on institutional context (stronger in the public sector than the private sector) and form of insurgent action (protests, riots, organizations) differentially embedded in historical phases (civil rights versus Black Power) of movement development. Theoretical implications for the study of social movements, industrial relations, and class conflict are discussed

Colin J. Beck - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The Contribution of Social Movement Theory to Understanding Terrorism
    Sociology Compass, 2008
    Co-Authors: Colin J. Beck
    Abstract:

    The study of terrorism and political violence has been characterized by a lack of generalizable theory and methodology. This essay proposes that social movement theory can contribute a necessary conceptual framework for understanding terrorism and thus reviews the relevant literature and discusses possible applications. Terrorism is a form of contentious politics, analyzable with the basic social movement approach of mobilizing resources, political opportunity structure, and framing. Cultural perspectives call attention to issues of collective identity that allow for sustained Militancy, and movement research recommends alternative conceptions of terrorist networks. Previous research on movement radicalization, repression, and cycles of contention has direct bearing on Militancy. Emerging perspectives on transnational collective action and the diffusion of tactics and issues informs an understanding of contemporary international terrorism. Research on movement outcomes suggests broader ways of considering the efficacy of political violence. Finally, methodological debates within the study of social movements are relevant for research on terrorism. In sum, a social movement approach to terrorism has much to contribute, and research on terrorism could have important extensions and implications for social movement theory.

Ralph Darlington - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • organising Militancy and revitalisation the case of the rmt union
    2009
    Co-Authors: Ralph Darlington
    Abstract:

    Given that the decline of British unions over the last two decades has barely been arrested or reversed — with recent membership growth limited and overall union density still falling slightly — serious questions have been raised about the adequacy of present union organising strategies and the need for alternative approaches (Carter 2006: 415). Yet much of the academic industrial relations debate hitherto has been somewhat simplistically reduced to a dichotomy between ‘partnership’ and ‘organising’. The partnership approach — avoiding strike action herever possible and trying to rebuild membership and influence through collaborative relationships with employers — has been subject to critique for providing managers with the opportunity to take advantage of union moderation to restructure employment at the expense of workers’ terms and conditions of employment (Fairbrother and Stewart 2005; Kelly 1996, 2001, 2004). However, the limitations of the more robust and widely-viewed more credible organising approach have also been highlighted, including the principal concern with merely short-term membership recruitment and retention, the ‘top-down’ approach to union building, and the failure to link organising to a more fundamental attempt to revitalise and renew trade unionism (Carter 2000, 2006; Gall 2005; Heery et al. 2000a).

  • leadership and union Militancy the case of the rmt
    Capital & Class, 2009
    Co-Authors: Ralph Darlington
    Abstract:

    The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), which represents the majority of mainline railway and London Underground workers, is currently one of the most militant and left-wing trade unions in Britain. Drawing on the study of leadership provided by mobilisation theory, this article explores the extent to which union leadership, dominated by left-wing activists at every level of the union, has been an important contributory catalyst, symptom and beneficiary of union Militancy relative to other influencing factors such as the impact of privatisation, managerial belligerence, and immediate grievances over pay and conditions.

  • union Militancy and left wing leadership on london underground
    Industrial Relations Journal, 2001
    Co-Authors: Ralph Darlington
    Abstract:

    The article provides evidence from case study research into trade union organisation and activity on the London Under-ground during the 1990s. It explores the extent to which left-wing political leadership influenced the collectivisation and mobilisation of workers in an adversarial direction, and whether or not this militant trade unionism was self-defeating compared with a more moderate approach.

Christine C Fair - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • islam Militancy and politics in pakistan insights from a national sample
    Terrorism and Political Violence, 2010
    Co-Authors: Christine C Fair, Neil Malhotra, Jacob N Shapiro
    Abstract:

    We use data from an innovative nationally representative survey of 6,000 Pakistanis in April 2009 to study beliefs about political Islam, Sharia, the legitimacy and efficacy of jihad, and attitudes towards specific militant organizations. These issues are at the forefront of U.S. policy towards Pakistan. Four results shed new light on the politics of Militancy and Islamic identity in Pakistan. First, there is no relationship between measures of personal religiosity and the likelihood a respondent expresses highly sectarian sentiments. Second, militarized jihad is widely seen as legitimate in Pakistan but there are substantial regional differences in the acceptance of militarized jihad. Third, attitudes towards militant groups vary dramatically across groups, particularly when it comes to the efficacy of their actions. Fourth, while Pakistanis express massive levels of support for Sharia law, this is driven by its perceived connection with good governance, not by sympathy with the goals of militant groups ...

  • islam Militancy and politics in pakistan insights from a national sample
    2010
    Co-Authors: Christine C Fair, Jacob N Shapiro, Neil Malhotra
    Abstract:

    We use data from an innovative nationally representative survey of 6,000 Pakistanis in April 2009 to study beliefs about political Islam, Sharia, the legitimacy and efficacy of jihad, and attitudes towards specific militant organizations. These issues are the forefront of US policy towards Pakistan. Four results shed new light on the politics of Militancy and Islamic identity in Pakistan. First there is no relationship between measures of personal religiosity and the likelihood a respondent expresses highly sectarian sentiments. Second, militarized jihad is widely seen as legitimate in Pakistan but there are substantial regional differences in the acceptance of militarized jihad. Third, attitudes towards militant groups vary dramatically across groups, particularly when it comes to the efficacy of their actions. Fourth while Pakistanis express massive levels of support for Sharia law this is driven by its perceived connection with good governance, not by sympathy with the goals of militant groups claiming to implement it.

  • understanding support for islamist Militancy in pakistan
    International Security, 2010
    Co-Authors: Jacob N Shapiro, Christine C Fair
    Abstract:

    Islamist Militancy in Pakistan has long stood atop the international security agenda, yet there is almost no systematic evidence about why individual Pakistanis support Islamist militant organizations. An analysis of data from a nationally representative survey of urban Pakistanis refutes four influential conventional wisdoms about why Pakistanis support Islamic Militancy. First, there is no clear relationship between poverty and support for Militancy. If anything, support for militant organizations is increasing in terms of both subjective economic well-being and community economic performance. Second, personal religiosity and support for sharia law are poor predictors of support for Islamist militant organizations. Third, support for political goals espoused by legal Islamist parties is a weak indicator of support for militant organizations. Fourth, those who support core democratic principles or have faith in Pakistan's democratic process are not less supportive of Militancy. Taken together, these resu...

  • the madrassah challenge Militancy and religious education in pakistan
    2008
    Co-Authors: Christine C Fair
    Abstract:

    Foreword - Husain HaqanniIntroductionContextualizing Islamic Education in PakistanA Deeper Look at Pakistan's Islamic SchoolsMadaris and MilitancyGovernment ReformsConclusions and ImplicationsAppendicesIndex

  • militant recruitment in pakistan a new look at the Militancy madrasah connection
    Asia Policy, 2007
    Co-Authors: Christine C Fair
    Abstract:

    Note u This presentation is drawn from a forthcoming monograph by the author that explores the connections between education and Militancy in Pakistan, to be published by USIP Press in late 2007. The author is grateful to Vali Nasr, as well as to the two anonymous reviewers who provided very useful feedback on earlier versions of this draft. The views expressed here do not represent those of the United States Institute of Peace.

Rudra Sil - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.