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Hohle, Randolph. "Analysis of State and Movement Tactical Decisions and Repertoires in the Black Civil Rights Movement 1960-65: Utilizing Field Theory in Social Movement Research" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Aug 10, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p103788_index.html>

Hohle, R. H. , 2006-08-10 "Analysis of State and Movement Tactical Decisions and Repertoires in the Black Civil Rights Movement 1960-65: Utilizing Field Theory in Social Movement Research" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p103788_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Recent social movement research highlights the need for a stronger theory of agency in social movements. Drawing from Pierre Bourdieu’s work on fields and insights from Governmentality scholars, this paper offers an analysis of how protest strategy is interwoven in collective action repertories. Rather than reproduce cultural debates of structure versus agency, I will argue that insights found in field theory allows for an analysis of social movement strategy based on the relationship between repertoires (structure) and tactical decisions (agency). This analysis aims to understand the interrelationship of social movements and state actors in order to assess how social movements’ are structured, in part, around possibilities tied to their social positioning in the field. I illustrate this with an analysis of how SCLC and local southern municipalities implemented and revised tactical decisions. I show that SCLC implemented tactical decisions based on which local municipalities would respond dramatically and violently in order to maximize the amount of symbolic meaning from their available forms of protest. Despite having the means of legitimate violence, local municipalities were split on whether to engage the protests violently or situate their tactics in discourses of non-violence, thus creating a political opportunity for social change via elite cleavages.

Janus-faced Social Movements: Factors that Influence the Choice of Non-violent over Violent Tactics in Political Movements

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