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Research paper thumbnail of Why Do Some Social Movements Have Counter- Movements And Others Do Not? A Theoretical Proposal On The Conditions Required For Counter- Movement Formation

Not all social movements will have a corresponding counter-movement. The aim of this paper would... more Not all social movements will have a corresponding counter-movement. The aim of this paper would be to examine why that is the case and propose four conditions that encourage the formation of a counter-movement. I begin by examining the current literature on social movements and counter-movements. Next, I compare two social movements, Black Lives Matter and Black Power to examine why the former had counter-movements and the latter did not. Using my analysis of the comparison between the two movements, I then propose the four conditions which when present, encourage the development of a counter-movement. My four conditions are: Organisational Structure, State Intervention, Narrative Control and Socioeconomic Processes/Participant Habitus. I argue that for a counter-movement to form, it has to have an organisational structure that is similar to or more horizontal than the movement it is opposing; that the state needs to intervene in the social movement as a signal of the political significance of the movement; that the counter-movement has to be able to control a narrative that is opposed to the movement; and that the socioeconomic processes/participant habitus of the counter-movement participants need to be similar to each other so as to prevent the counter-movement from splintering into separate groups.

Research paper thumbnail of Why Do Some Social Movements Have Counter- Movements And Others Do Not? A Theoretical Proposal On The Conditions Required For Counter- Movement Formation

Not all social movements will have a corresponding counter-movement. The aim of this paper would... more Not all social movements will have a corresponding counter-movement. The aim of this paper would be to examine why that is the case and propose four conditions that encourage the formation of a counter-movement. I begin by examining the current literature on social movements and counter-movements. Next, I compare two social movements, Black Lives Matter and Black Power to examine why the former had counter-movements and the latter did not. Using my analysis of the comparison between the two movements, I then propose the four conditions which when present, encourage the development of a counter-movement. My four conditions are: Organisational Structure, State Intervention, Narrative Control and Socioeconomic Processes/Participant Habitus. I argue that for a counter-movement to form, it has to have an organisational structure that is similar to or more horizontal than the movement it is opposing; that the state needs to intervene in the social movement as a signal of the political significance of the movement; that the counter-movement has to be able to control a narrative that is opposed to the movement; and that the socioeconomic processes/participant habitus of the counter-movement participants need to be similar to each other so as to prevent the counter-movement from splintering into separate groups.

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