The Micro and Meso Levels of Activism [electronic resource] : A Comparative Case Study of Attac France and Germany /
Stockemer, D.author.
Focusing on the Attac movements in France and Germany, this book seeks to explain the dramatic differences that exist between the individual and organisational levels of activism. The author derives engagement patterns for various types of activists and develops a typology of social movement organisations positing possible trends in membership.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The social movement scholarship: what we know and what is still unclear -- The alter-globalization movement and Attac -- The methods and the interview sample -- The trajectory of Attac France -- The trajectory of Attac Germany -- Why, when and how much are people involved? -- Conclusion.
Focusing on the Attac movements in France and Germany, this book seeks to explain the dramatic differences that exist between the individual and organisational levels of activism. The author derives engagement patterns for various types of activists and develops a typology of social movement organisations positing possible trends in membership.
Attac.
Globalization.
International organization.
Europe-Politics and government.
International relations.
Political communication.
Political science.
Globalization.
International Organization.
European Politics.
International Relations.
Political Communication.
Political Science.