GLCb1014 Social Movements: Multidisciplinary Approach
Lecture 3: Contextual conditions


Contextual conditions
•Opportunities and threats
•Resources
•Social space
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Political opportunities and threats (S. Tarrow)



Political opportunities
•Access for new actors
•Changing political support
•Availability of influential allies
•Conflict within the elite
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•Repression: hard and soft
•Objective vs. Subjective dimensions
•Institutional vs. Soft Opportunities

Political opportunities



Resources for mobilization



Resources for mobilization
•Types of sourcing (external vs. internal)
•Effect of external sourcing

Ecological factors
•Social environment for mobilisation
•Population density, population type, communication options, availability of repression, physical
space
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