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OverviewThe study of social and popular movements continues to attract great interest, but little is known of political activity which takes place outside of traditional political structures. Tnis volume looks at informal political action which arises when conventional frameworks, such as those provided by welfare states, are in crisis or decline. At such times the usual expectations about politcal action may not apply, so what actually goes on? A specific emphasis on context - in particular the link between power and knowledge and public argumentation in a given setting - is used to trace the development of colective action. Key issues are addresses, such as how informal political collectives come to define their aims, what communication processes take place within them, how far their action responds to that of other political bodoes, and how far these processes affect the results of what they do. Discussion is based around a range of empirical case studies, and we are shown that informal collectiove action is more widespread and significant that many realise, and that it often occurs in fields which appear to be non-political, such as in Swiss neighbourhoods, welfare -state organisations in Holland or within technological research. Greatly expanding the scope for research into collective action, this volume will be of great interest to students and researchers of politics and sociology interested in this important area. Kees Aarts University of Twente, The Netherlands. Karen Beckwith College of Wooster, Ohio, USA. Ben vanden Brande Erasmus Univsity, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Ricca Edmonson Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ricca Edmondson , Ricca EdmondsonPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.566kg ISBN: 9780415169417ISBN 10: 0415169410 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 30 October 1997 Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: the context of collective political action, Ricca Edmondson; Part 1 Relations between context and action: knowledge and ontology; Chapter 1 Movement in context: women and miners' campaigns in Britain, Karen Beckwith; Chapter 2 The merging of context into collective action, Matti Hyvarinen; Chapter 3 Technology and context: the impact of collective action on the development of knowledge, Irmela Gorges; Chapter 4 Social movement theory and the political context of collective action, Joe Foweraker; Part 2 Collective action in political context; Chapter 5 Shaping collective action: structure, contingency and knowledge, Chris Rootes; Chapter 6 Soil pollution, community action and political opportunities, Kees Aarts; Chapter 7 Context and interpretation in managing the long-term unemployed: implementing an 'active labour-market policy' in Dutch cities, Peter van Leeuwen, Wim van der Voort, Ben van den Brande; Chapter 8 Problems of collective action for associations of the unemployed in France and in Ireland, Frederic Royall; Chapter 9 Neighbourhoods in the city: contexts for Part icipation in politics?, Dominique Joye; Part 3 Collective action: knowledge, power and democracy; Chapter 10 Part icipatory expertise and the politics of local knowledge: a post-positivist perspective, Frank Fischer; Chapter 11 Integrating contexts: are there general rules for contextualising political decision-making?, Rainer Schmalz-Bruns; Chapter 12 Knowledge, rhetoric and political action in context, Ricca Edmondson, Frank Nullmeier;ReviewsAuthor InformationRicca Edmondson lectures in the Department of Political Science and Sociology at University College Galway, where she is Director of the Centre for Intercultural Studies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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