The Paradoxof Protest in a Culture of Contest
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11217829 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Karlberg (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 329-351 |
| Publication date | 2003-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Peace & Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0149-0508 • E-ISSN: 1468-0130 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-0130.00266 |
| OpenAlex | W2096230630 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
We live in a culture of contest and protest. Our economic, political, and legal institutions are structured as contests. Our efforts to reform these institutions frequently are characterized by protest. This article examines the social and ecological implications of this culture of contest and protest. It begins by demonstrating that our economic, political, and legal institutions form an integrated tripartite system of contests that is socially unjust and ecologically unsustainable. It then considers the paradox of attempting to reform these institutions through protest and other adversarial strategies of social change. The article concludes by outlining a theory of social change that derives from the concept of cultural games. This theory suggests that the nonadversarial strategies of construction, attraction, and attrition are the most effective means of creating a more peaceful, just, and sustainable social order
Adversarial system · CONTEST · Economics · Law and economics · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Economic Theory and Institutions · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |