Framing Processes in Transnational Activist Networks : The Case of Anti-Free Trade Movements in Southeast Asia
(2007)Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
- Abstract
- In Southeast Asia, transnational activist networks on WTO protests are relatively new networks linking domestic and global activism. This research explores collective identity formation in transnational activist networks, which constitutes the building blocks of social mobilisation. Using the case study of the anti-WTO coalition, networks and social movements particularly in the Philippines and generally in Southeast Asia, the research argues that there is a distinct regional activist movement emerging as a response to neoliberal globalisation. Through framing processes ? the construction of meanings to locate, perceive and label social occurrences within their life space and the world at large ? social movements shape their goals,... (More)
- In Southeast Asia, transnational activist networks on WTO protests are relatively new networks linking domestic and global activism. This research explores collective identity formation in transnational activist networks, which constitutes the building blocks of social mobilisation. Using the case study of the anti-WTO coalition, networks and social movements particularly in the Philippines and generally in Southeast Asia, the research argues that there is a distinct regional activist movement emerging as a response to neoliberal globalisation. Through framing processes ? the construction of meanings to locate, perceive and label social occurrences within their life space and the world at large ? social movements shape their goals, mobilisation strategies and motivations. In sum, transnational activism requires framing to construct collective identity and sustain mobilisation. The research draws on multiple methods to demonstrate the process of transposing domestic claims into the transnational sphere. It empirically traces core framing tasks and constitutive master framing among movement participants and leaders. (Less)
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- author
- Nem Singh, Jewellord
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2007
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Transnational social movements, framing processes, global social justice, anti-WTO movements, Southeast Asian activism, Philippine social movements, Social sciences, Samhällsvetenskaper
- language
- English
- id
- 1320662
- date added to LUP
- 2008-03-07 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2013-11-07 17:47:51
@misc{1320662,
abstract = {{In Southeast Asia, transnational activist networks on WTO protests are relatively new networks linking domestic and global activism. This research explores collective identity formation in transnational activist networks, which constitutes the building blocks of social mobilisation. Using the case study of the anti-WTO coalition, networks and social movements particularly in the Philippines and generally in Southeast Asia, the research argues that there is a distinct regional activist movement emerging as a response to neoliberal globalisation. Through framing processes ? the construction of meanings to locate, perceive and label social occurrences within their life space and the world at large ? social movements shape their goals, mobilisation strategies and motivations. In sum, transnational activism requires framing to construct collective identity and sustain mobilisation. The research draws on multiple methods to demonstrate the process of transposing domestic claims into the transnational sphere. It empirically traces core framing tasks and constitutive master framing among movement participants and leaders.}},
author = {{Nem Singh, Jewellord}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Framing Processes in Transnational Activist Networks : The Case of Anti-Free Trade Movements in Southeast Asia}},
year = {{2007}},
}