353 - Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements Paper Session. Social Movements Across Institutions

Session Submission Type: Paper Session

Abstract

Social movement theory has been built around contention between movements and states. Yet social movements have challenged many institutions, including corporations, media, law, religious organizations, and universities, as well as cultural codes, norms, and practices. This session examines how our thinking and theorizing must change in order to analyze these challenges. Through concrete empirical analyses, this session explores which theories about the causes, consequences, and strategies of movements are helpful and which need revision, and in which directions.

Sub Unit

• Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements / Social Movements Across Institutions

Session Organizers

• Mary Bernstein, University of Connecticut

• Mustafa Gurbuz, University of South Florida

Presider

• Mary Bernstein, University of Connecticut

Individual Presentations

• The End(s) of Frames: Representational Activism in the Media and Beyond - Christine Slaughter, Yale University

• Are LGBT Rights Civil Rights? Tracing the Contested Origins of the ACLU's LGBT Project - Jeff Kosbie, Northwestern University

• What’s so Contentious about Free Food? Tactical Repertoires in the United States and France - Alexander Vosick Barnard, University of California-Berkeley; Marie Mourad, Sciences Po

• Movements as Communities - Suzanne Staggenborg, University of Pittsburgh; Hatem Hassan, University of Pittsburgh

Discussant

• Mustafa Gurbuz, University of South Florida