Players and Arenas / edited by James M. Jasper and Jan Willem Duyvendak.

• TeilnehmendeR: Duyvendak, Jan Willem,; Jasper, James M., 1957-
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2014; 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Protest and social movements.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (325 pages) :; illustrations.

Players and Arenas brings together a diverse group of experts to examine the interactions between political protestors and the many strategic players they encounter, such as cultural institutions, religious organizations, and the mass media-as well as potential allies, competitors, recruits, and funders. Discussing protestors and players as they interact within the "arenas" of specific social contexts, the essays show that the main constraints on what protestors can accomplish come not from social and political structures, but from other players with different goals and interests. Through a careful treatment of these situations, this volume offers a new way to approach the role of social protest in national and international politics.

Table of Contents

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction. Playing the Game / Jasper, James M. -- Part 1. Insiders and supporters -- 1. Movement Factions. Players and Processes / Polletta, Francesca / Kretschmer, Kelsy -- 2. Fractal Arenas. Dilemmas of Style and Strategy in a Brazilian Student Congress / Mische, Ann -- 3. Beyond Channeling and Professionalization. Foundations as Strategic Players in Social Movements / Walker, Edward T. -- 4. Mind the Gap! Strategic Interaction during Summit Protests / Scholl, Christian -- Part 2. Market players -- 5. Corporations as Players and Arenas / Balsiger, Philip -- 6. Professions, Social Movements, and the Sovereign Corporation / Dobbin, Frank / Jung, Jiwook -- 7. The Double Game of Unions and the Labor Movement / Milkman, Ruth -- Part 3. Experts, intellectuals, and media -- 8. Giving Voice. The Ambivalent Roles of Specific Intellectuals in Immigrant and LGBT Movements / Nicholls, Walter / Uitermark, Justus -- 9. Playing with Fire. Flame-Retardant Activists and Policy Arenas / Cordner, Alissa / Brown, Phil / Mulcahy, Margaret -- 10. Put Me in, Coach? Referee? Owner? Security? Why the News Media Rarely Cover Movements as Political Players / Amenta, Edwin / Caren, Neal / Tierney, Amber Celina -- 11. When and Why Religious Groups Become Political Players. The Pro-Life Movement in Nicaragua / Heumann, Silke / Duyvendak, Jan Willem -- 12. What the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street Illuminate about Bystander Publics as Proto-Players / Han, Hahrie / Strolovitch, Dara Z. -- Conclusion Patterned Fluidity: An Interactionist Perspective as a Tool for Exploring Contentious Politics / Duyvendak, Jan Willem / Fillieule, Olivier -- Contributors -- Index