Louisa Parks
Biographic Data
| ID | 4269182 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Louisa Parks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Louisa |
| FAMILY NAME | Parks |
| SIGNATURE | PARKS L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Framing environmental issues
Framing approaches concern the creation and contestation of meaning. This chapter discusses how social movements work to frame environmental issues both to motivate their supporters and to address authorities, including international organizations. It begins with an overview of the approach and some key concepts before introducing findings from recent literature on contemporary protests, including those by Fridays for Future and Indigenous people…
Social movements, the European crisis, and EU political opportunities
Beyond Time and Place
The three edited volumes that form the focus of this short essay are diverse in their structures, focuses and aims. Nevertheless, three themes of particular import to the discipline come to the fore. In the following, I shall discuss the contributions of the volumes in three areas – frames, discourse and diffusion; the debate on the national vs. the transnational; and finally the issue of power and how it is exercised by and upon social movements…
When trade unions succeed
Despite the generally accepted weakness of trade unions at the European Union level, an analysis of two high profile cases – the Services Directive and the Port Directive – shows that trade unions are able to mobilise effectively at the European level and, within constellations of actors, crucially impact EU decision making. In contrast to common claims that a lack of access to EU institutions makes such groups powerless, it is argued here that t…
Social movements, the European crisis, and EU political opportunities
When trade unions succeed
Despite the generally accepted weakness of trade unions at the European Union level, an analysis of two high profile cases – the Services Directive and the Port Directive – shows that trade unions are able to mobilise effectively at the European level and, within constellations of actors, crucially impact EU decision making. In contrast to common claims that a lack of access to EU institutions makes such groups powerless, it is argued here that t…
When trade unions succeed
Despite the generally accepted weakness of trade unions at the European Union level, an analysis of two high profile cases – the Services Directive and the Port Directive – shows that trade unions are able to mobilise effectively at the European level and, within constellations of actors, crucially impact EU decision making. In contrast to common claims that a lack of access to EU institutions makes such groups powerless, it is argued here that t…
Beyond Time and Place
The three edited volumes that form the focus of this short essay are diverse in their structures, focuses and aims. Nevertheless, three themes of particular import to the discipline come to the fore. In the following, I shall discuss the contributions of the volumes in three areas – frames, discourse and diffusion; the debate on the national vs. the transnational; and finally the issue of power and how it is exercised by and upon social movements…
Social movements, the European crisis, and EU political opportunities
Framing environmental issues
Framing approaches concern the creation and contestation of meaning. This chapter discusses how social movements work to frame environmental issues both to motivate their supporters and to address authorities, including international organizations. It begins with an overview of the approach and some key concepts before introducing findings from recent literature on contemporary protests, including those by Fridays for Future and Indigenous people…
Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · European union (2 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Social movement (2 works)