Doctoral Dissertation Research: Cooperation and Conflict between "Old" and "New" Social Movements: The Case of Organized Labor and the Environmental Movement

博士论文研究：“旧”与“新”社会运动的合作与冲突：有组织劳工与环保运动的案例

• 批准号: 9900608
• 负责人: Pamela Oliver
• 金额: $ 0.73万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-03-15 至 2000-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9900608&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Cooperation; Conflict

Historically, popular mobilization has centered around economic interests with labor unions serving as the primary vehicle for political action. However social movement scholars have identified new forms of mobilization in recent decades which focus instead on non-material goals such as environmental protection. These "new social movements" contrast with their traditional counterparts not only in their goals, but also in their organizational structure, class make up and culture. Social movement and class theorists are in disagreement as to how these new movements should be conceived of in relation to the traditional class antagonists and what political alignments will emerge among them. Using labor unions and environmental organizations as the basis, this doctoral dissertation research will examine both the conditions which influence relations between these "old" and "new" movement organizations and the process by which these relationships develop. The first stage of the study involves a national survey of state labor federations in order to determine the status of labor/environmental relations around the United States. Data from the survey will be used to test several hypothesis regarding the influence of political, economic and organizational factors on the type of relationships which develop. Then, using relevant contrasting cases as determined by the survey, six states will be selected for a comparative case study designed to examine the process of relationship development between these two movement sectors. Through interviews with relevant actors and the use of organizational documents a more precise understanding of the forces governing the relations between "old" and "new" social movements will be determined.

从历史上看，民众动员一直以经济利益为中心，工会是政治行动的主要工具。然而，近几十年来，社会运动学者已经发现了新的动员形式，这些形式的重点是环境保护等非物质目标。这些“新社会运动”不仅在目标上，而且在组织结构、阶级构成和文化上与传统运动形成鲜明对比。社会运动和阶级理论家对于如何看待这些新运动与传统阶级对手的关系以及他们之间将出现什么样的政治联盟存在分歧。本博士论文研究将以工会和环保组织为基础，考察影响这些“旧”和“新”运动组织之间关系的条件以及这些关系发展的过程。研究的第一阶段涉及对州劳工联合会进行全国调查，以确定美国各地劳工/环境关系的状况。调查数据将用于检验关于政治、经济和组织因素对所发展的关系类型的影响的几个假设。然后，利用调查确定的相关对比案例，将选择六个州进行比较案例研究，旨在检验这两个运动部门之间关系发展的过程。通过对相关行为者的访谈和组织文件的使用，将确定对支配“旧”和“新”社会运动之间关系的力量的更准确的理解。