How Civil Society Actors Responded to the Economic Crisis: The Interaction of Material Deprivation and Perceptions of Political Opportunity Structures

We examine the relationship between material deprivation and different types of responses to economic crises by civil society actors. We are interested in understanding whether material deprivation has an effect on civil society reactions to the crisis and whether political opportunity factors contr...

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Published in:Politics & policy (Statesboro, Ga.) Ga.), 2016-06, Vol.44 (3), p.447-472
Main Authors: Giugni, Marco, Grasso, Maria T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Civil Society Actors
Economic Crisis
Europe
Eurozone
Government Effectiveness
Great Recession
Material Deprivation
Political Claims Making
Political Opportunity Structures
Political Participation
Political Stability
Protest Behavior
Public Opinion
Public Perception
Resource Mobilization Theory
Social Movements
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Summary:We examine the relationship between material deprivation and different types of responses to economic crises by civil society actors. We are interested in understanding whether material deprivation has an effect on civil society reactions to the crisis and whether political opportunity factors contribute to this relationship. In particular, we wish to ascertain if the effect of material deprivation is moderated by perceptions of political stability, on one hand, and of the effectiveness of government, on the other. Our results show that the effect of material deprivation on various aspects of responses to the crisis varies depending on the perceptions of the political environment. This suggests that perceptions of political stability and government effectiveness feed into the interpretation of present conditions. Therefore, perceptions of political stability and government effectiveness act as signals leading material deprivation to become politicized as a grievance. Related Articles in this Special Issue Cinalli, Manlio, and Marco Giugni. 2016. “Collective Responses to the Economic Crisis in the Public Domain: Myth or Reality?” Politics & Policy 44 (3): 427–446. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/polp.12159/ Temple, Luke, Maria T. Grasso, Barbara Buraczynska, Sotirios Karampampas, and Patrick English. 2016. “Neoliberal Narrative in Times of Economic Crisis: A Political Claims Analysis of the U.K. Press, 2007‐14.” Politics & Policy 44 (3): 553–576. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/polp.12161/ English, Patrick, Maria T. Grasso, Barbara Buraczynska, Sotirios Karampampas, and Luke Temple. “Convergence on Crisis? Comparing Labour and Conservative Party Framing of the Economic Crisis in Britain, 2008‐14.” Politics & Policy 44 (3): 577–603. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/polp.12160/ Analizamos la relación entre la privación material y diferentes tipos de reacción a una crisis por parte de diferentes actores de la sociedad civil. Nuestro interés es entender si la privación material tiene un efecto en la reacción a una crisis por parte de la sociedad civil y también si el factor de oportunidades políticas contribuye a esta relación. Específicamente, buscamos establecer si el efecto de la privación material es moderado por percepciones de estabilidad política, y de igual manera, determinar el efecto de la efectividad de un gobierno. Nuestros resultados muestran que el efecto de la privación material en distintos aspectos de la reacción
ISSN:1555-5623
1747-1346
DOI:10.1111/polp.12157