Civil Society, Economy and the State
Week 7 Economic and political explanations of collective action – Jiří Navrátil 18. 11. 2020
Political explanations of collective action (18.11)
The lecture shall focus on the political context of collective action. First, major perspectives such as the political process theory or political opportunity structure and their critical reflection are introduced (Kriesi, Meyer, Tarrow).
Required readings:
Kriesi, H. 2004. “Political Context and Opportunity.” In The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements, eds. David Snow, Sarah Soule a Hanspeter Kriesi. Malden, Oxford, Carlton: Blackwell Publishing, 67-90.
Tarrow, S. 2011. Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics, 3rd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 195-214.