Direct Action, Deliberation, and Diffusion : Collective Action after the WTO Protests in Seattle

Name: Direct Action, Deliberation, and Diffusion
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781107020719
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ISBN: 9781107020719

by Lesley J. Wood

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Format Hardback

Book Series Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics

ISBN-10 1107020719

ISBN-13 9781107020719

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Apr 30th, 2012

Print length 200 Pages

Weight 420 grams

Dimensions 23.00 x 15.80 x 1.90 cms

Product Classification: Comparative politics Political activism Political activism / Political engagement Demonstrations & protest movements Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action

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Why do new social movement tactics spread to some places and not others? Wood argues that inequalities rooted in political history, political economy and local interactions can make social movements more or less able to evaluate and incorporate new tactics.

What are the micro-level interactions and conversations that underlie successful and failed diffusion? By comparing the spread of direct action tactics from the 1999 Global Justice Movement protests against the World Trade Organization in Seattle to grassroots activists in Toronto and New York, Lesley Wood argues that dynamics of deliberation among local activists both aided and blocked diffusion. To analyze the localization of this cycle of protest, the research brings together rich ethnography, interviews, social network analysis and catalogs of protest events. The findings suggest that when diverse activists with different perspectives can discuss innovations in a reflexive, egalitarian manner, they are more likely to make strategic and meaningful choices.

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