Schism and Solidarity in Social Movements: The Politics of Labor in the French Third Republic

ISBN-13: 9780521791137 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 294 str.

Christopher K. Ansell

Opis

From the fall of the Paris Commune to the creation of the powerful French Communist Party, the French labor movement lurched between a pattern of ideological polarization and organizational fragmentation and one of broad-based solidarity. Ansell analyzes the dynamic interplay among political mobilization, organization-building, and ideological articulation that produced these shifts between schism and solidarity. The aim is to shed new light on the historical development of the French labor movement and to develop a more generic understanding of schism and solidarity in organizations and social movements.

Recenzje

"In this book, Christopher Ansell has made an important contribution to organizational thory, using the French labor movement during teh Third Republic as his laboratory. Along the way, theoretical probability opened new windows on the history of the movement with relevance for our understanding not only of its dramatic and convoluted course but also of contemporary France. The study thus succeeds on two levels, though it is likely that sociologists will be more pleased with it than will some historians." - Journal of Modern History Christopher H. Johnson, Wayne State University

Spis treści

Acknowledgments; 1. The struggle and the conciliation; 2. Schism and solidarity; 3. Vox Populi, Vox Dei; 4. Esprit de corps; 5. Organizing the fourth estate; 6. The new covenant; 7. 'Above all we are syndicalists'; 8. From congregation to reformed church; 9. Dealignment; 10. The party the syndicalists built; 11. Conclusion; Works cited; Index.