3270 - Revisiting Threats and Grievances in the Trump Era

Session Submission Type: Paper Session 100min

Description

Threats and grievances have made a resurgence in social movements research in recent years. Although this research has focused on understanding mobilization in historical and repressive contexts, it may also be useful for understanding mobilization in more contemporary contexts. This panel will explore the relevance of this theoretical work—or cases building on related topics—in understanding the rapid expansion of social movement activity in the US, especially in response to the campaign, election, and policies of President Donald Trump. For instance, how threats and grievances may drive movements to revisit established tactics, devise innovative tactics, forge new coalitions of movement actors such as #Resist, renew public enthusiasm for participation in politics and activism, or, conversely, set off substantial counter-mobilization efforts in response to these trends.Threats and grievances have made a resurgence in social movements research in recent years. Although this research has focused on understanding mobilization in historical and repressive contexts, it may also be useful for understanding mobilization in more contemporary contexts. This panel will explore the relevance of this theoretical work—or cases building on related topics—in understanding the rapid expansion of social movement activity in the US, especially in response to the campaign, election, and policies of President Donald Trump. For instance, how threats and grievances may drive movements to revisit established tactics, devise innovative tactics, forge new coalitions of movement actors such as #Resist, renew public enthusiasm for participation in politics and activism, or, conversely, set off substantial counter-mobilization efforts in response to these trends.

Sub Unit

• Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements / Revisiting Threats and Grievances in the Trump Era

Session Organizers

• Thomas V. Maher, Purdue University

• Anya Mikael Galli Robertson, University of Maryland

Presider

• Anya Mikael Galli Robertson, University of Maryland

Individual Presentations

• Indivisible: Invigorating and Redirecting the Grassroots - Megan E. Brooker, University of California-Irvine

• Local Battles For Immigrant Rights: Threat and Sustained Mobilization - Maria De Jesus Mora, University of California-Merced

• Protest During the Trump Presidency: Threat, Movement Organization, and Electoral Mobilization - Neal Caren, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Alyssa Browne, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Kenneth (Andy) Andrews, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Discussant

• Thomas V. Maher, Purdue University