White-collar agitation, no-collar compliance : the privilege of protest in Varanasi, India

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dc.contributor.advisorOldenburg, Philipen
dc.contributor.advisorHenry, Clement M., 1937-en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberAbraham, Ittyen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHigley, Johnen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMoser, Roberten
dc.creatorWood, Jolie Marie Frenzelen
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-26T19:38:51Zen
dc.date.available2010-10-26T19:38:51Zen
dc.date.available2010-10-26T19:39:01Zen
dc.date.issued2010-08en
dc.date.submittedAugust 2010en
dc.date.updated2010-10-26T19:39:01Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractAn investigation of contentious action by associations representing six occupational groups at different socio-economic levels reveals that middle-class groups tend to favor contentious means of making demands such as demonstrations and strikes, while lower-class groups tend to avoid contentious action, preferring more institutionalized or contained means. While such findings might appear to be puzzling given middle-class groups’ superior access to state institutions and the Habermasian concept of a rational, orderly, bourgeois public sphere, they are consistent with the literature on resource mobilization and social movements in the West: Access to financial resources and strong mobilizing structures enables the middle-class groups to take advantage of a political opportunity structure that rewards contentious action.en
dc.description.departmentGovernment
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-08-1591en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectIndiaen
dc.subjectContentious politicsen
dc.subjectContentious actionen
dc.subjectSocial movementsen
dc.subjectVaranasien
dc.subjectStrikesen
dc.subjectLabor movementsen
dc.subjectProtestsen
dc.subjectUttar Pradeshen
dc.titleWhite-collar agitation, no-collar compliance : the privilege of protest in Varanasi, Indiaen
dc.type.genrethesisen
thesis.degree.departmentGovernmenten
thesis.degree.disciplineGovernmenten
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at Austinen
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen

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