On Movement Frames and Negotiated Identities

The Case of Poland's First Solidarity Congress

Bibliographic Data

ID6219979
AuthorsMarek Payerhin (University of Lynchburg, corresponding author), Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh (University of Connecticut)
Year2006
Volume5
Issue2
Pages91-115
Publication date2006-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial movement studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1474-2829 • E-ISSN: 1474-2837
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14742830600807386
OpenAlexW1976285349
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited52

How do participants in a social movement come to agree on goals and strategies? Recent scholarship has moved in two theoretical directions. Some writers focus on movement leaders and their efforts to excite and attract potential supporters by formulating a vision that conveys optimism and moral outrage, yet is congruent with long-standing popular beliefs. Other writers focus far less on leaders and their frames and insist, instead, that movements are organizationally decentralized and typically lack consensus on goals and strategies. From this second perspective, programs are best seen as the byproducts of ongoing clashes and messy negotiations between a myriad of local activists with different beliefs, diverse values, and frequently divergent interests. Using the First Solidarity Congress as a historical case study, this article argues for the utility of combining both approaches – one that focuses on leaders’ ongoing efforts to build consensus around a seemingly effective frame, and the other that stresses the extent of intra-movement discord and the decentralized nature of movement organizations

Aesthetics · Focus (optics · Movement (music · Negotiation · Outrage · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Scholarship · Social movement · Sociology · Solidarity · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion and Society Interactions

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