Frames of Protest Social Movements and the Framing Perspective

by Johnston, Hank; Noakes, John A.; Benford, Robert D.; Cadena-Roa, Jorge; Hewitt, Lyndi; Johnston, Hank; Kenney, Padraic; Massens, Jan; McCammon, Holly J.; Oliver, Pamela E.; Schneider, Cathy; Snow, David A.; Valocchi, Stephen; Walgrave, Stefaan; Westby, Da

• ISBN13: 9780742538061
• ISBN10: 0742538060
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-07-05
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Frames of Protest is the only book available that brings together empirical research and theoretical essays by sociologists, political scientists, and media specialists that focus on social movement frames and framing practices. The major themes of the framing perspective are treated: evidence for the determining influence of collective action frames, their role in protest cycles, framing practices by the state and media, their relationship to political structures, frames versus ideologies as mobilizing factors, and methods of framing research. The collection offers a state-of-the-art view of this important perspective.

Table of Contents

Frames of Protest: A Road Map to a Perspective	1	(32)
John A. Noakes
Hank Johnston
Part I. Framing and Mobilization Processes
Explaining Suffrage Mobilization: Balance, Neutralization, and Range in Collective Action Frames	33	(20)
Lyndi Hewitt
Holly J. McCammon
Collective Action Frames in the Gay Liberation Movement, 1969-1973	53	(16)
Stephen Valocchi
Strategic Framing, Emotions, and Superbarrio---Mexico City's Masked Crusader	69	(20)
Jorge Cadena-Roa
Part II. Non-Movement Framing: The State and Media
Official Frames in Social Movement Theory: The FBI, HUAC, and the Communist Threat in Hollywood	89	(24)
John A. Noakes
Mobilizing the White March: Media Frames as Alternatives to Movement Organizations	113	(30)
Stefaan Walgrave
Jan Manssens
Part III. Framing and Political Opportunities
Framing, Political Opportunities, and Eastern European Mobilization	143	(20)
Padraic Kenney
Political Opportunities and Framing Puerto Rican Identity in New York City	163	(22)
Cathy Schneider
Part IV. Refining the Perspective
What a Good Idea! Ideologies and Frames in Social Movement Research	185	(20)
Pamela E. Oliver
Hank Johnston
Clarifying the Relationship between Framing and Ideology	205	(8)
David A. Snow
Robert D. Benford
Breaking the Frame	213	(4)
Hank Johnston
Pamela E. Oliver
Strategic Imperative, Ideology, and Frames	217	(20)
David L. Westby
Comparative Frame Analysis	237	(24)
Hank Johnston
Index	261	(6)
About the Contributors	267