Direct Social Actions and Economic Crises: The Relationship between Forms of Action and Socio-Economic Context in Italy

<span class="abs_content">This article analyses continuities and discontinuities across time in Italy in the use of direct social actions, defined as forms of action that focus upon directly transforming some specific aspects of society by means of the very action itself, instead of...

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Autores principales:	Lorenzo Bosi, Lorenzo Zamponi
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Publicado:	Coordinamento SIBA 2015
Materias:	direct social action resilience repertoires of contention anti-austerity protest economic crises italy Political science (General) JA1-92
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e1db01e2f7c14d5790da801f6590d0d42021-11-21T15:11:38ZDirect Social Actions and Economic Crises: The Relationship between Forms of Action and Socio-Economic Context in Italy1972-76232035-660910.1285/i20356609v8i2p367https://doaj.org/article/e1db01e2f7c14d5790da801f6590d0d42015-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/15158https://doaj.org/toc/1972-7623https://doaj.org/toc/2035-6609<span class="abs_content">This article analyses continuities and discontinuities across time in Italy in the use of direct social actions, defined as forms of action that focus upon directly transforming some specific aspects of society by means of the very action itself, instead of claiming something from the state or other power holders. In doing this, this article offers two main illustrative hypotheses. First, that direct social actions represent a significant part of the repertoire of contention - at least in Italy - and that while they tend to be less visible than protest actions, they should still not be overlooked and treated like something “new” every time they resurface. Second, this article claims that the socio-economic context plays an important role in influencing the extended use of DSAs: if the supply of these forms of action by political actors is constant across time, what changes is the demand, that in times of economic hardship tends to characterise a broader constituency. We conclude by suggesting empirical methods to verify the hypothe-ses proposed, paving the way for future research on this topic.</span><br />Lorenzo BosiLorenzo ZamponiCoordinamento SIBAarticledirect social actionresiliencerepertoires of contentionanti-austerity protesteconomic crisesitalyPolitical science (General)JA1-92ENPartecipazione e Conflitto, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 367-391 (2015)
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description	<span class="abs_content">This article analyses continuities and discontinuities across time in Italy in the use of direct social actions, defined as forms of action that focus upon directly transforming some specific aspects of society by means of the very action itself, instead of claiming something from the state or other power holders. In doing this, this article offers two main illustrative hypotheses. First, that direct social actions represent a significant part of the repertoire of contention - at least in Italy - and that while they tend to be less visible than protest actions, they should still not be overlooked and treated like something “new” every time they resurface. Second, this article claims that the socio-economic context plays an important role in influencing the extended use of DSAs: if the supply of these forms of action by political actors is constant across time, what changes is the demand, that in times of economic hardship tends to characterise a broader constituency. We conclude by suggesting empirical methods to verify the hypothe-ses proposed, paving the way for future research on this topic.</span><br />
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title	Direct Social Actions and Economic Crises: The Relationship between Forms of Action and Socio-Economic Context in Italy
title_short	Direct Social Actions and Economic Crises: The Relationship between Forms of Action and Socio-Economic Context in Italy
title_full	Direct Social Actions and Economic Crises: The Relationship between Forms of Action and Socio-Economic Context in Italy
title_fullStr	Direct Social Actions and Economic Crises: The Relationship between Forms of Action and Socio-Economic Context in Italy
title_full_unstemmed	Direct Social Actions and Economic Crises: The Relationship between Forms of Action and Socio-Economic Context in Italy
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Direct Social Actions and Economic Crises: The Relationship between Forms of Action and Socio-Economic Context in Italy

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