Assemblies and the struggle to diffuse power
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3024534 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefano Boni (0009-0009-7035-4932, University of Modena [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 2015 |
| Issue | 72 |
| Pages | 9-22 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Focaal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0920-1297 • E-ISSN: 1558-5263 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/fcl.2015.720102 |
| OpenAlex | W2329068384 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
The article is focused on the practical mechanisms of assembly management in egalitarian settings in a comparative perspective: on the one hand, I examine assemblies in what may be termed classic ethnographic settings (principally East African pastoralists); on the other hand, I turn to meetings in recent social movements (the Occupy movement in the United States and Slovenia; the 15M in Spain; Greece and Bosnia). I have two principal aims. First, I wish to identify and evaluate similarities and differences in the running of meetings with regard to processes of consensus building; the coordination of assemblies through the creation of roles and the menace of leadership; and the management of place, time, and speech. Second, I aim to evaluate current social movements' use of alterpolitics, intended as the practical and imaginary reference to group meetings of the historical, sectarian, or ethnic other
Aesthetics · Ethnic group · Ethnography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social movement · Sociology · The Imaginary · Visual arts · Anthropology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |