[WS:] That is the J-curve theory of movements, no? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chowning_Davies
If memory serves McAdam & Co. argued that personal connection to movement participants are better predictors of participation than the state of mind (i.e. being dissatisfied or agreeing with movement's ideals.)
As I see it, you need both. J curve theory may explain growing dissatisfaction even as living conditions improve, but it does not explain who joins a movement addressing that dissatisfaction. Personal connections do.
Wojtek
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 11:22 AM, shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com> wrote:
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> Ok, so the social movement thesis bandied about here has been that
> people are move apt to get pissed off and demonstrate about their
> anger during economically good times.
>
> Does OWS contradict this?
>
> Or do we go with McAdam's thesis in Freedom Summer? That people get
> pissed off when their expectations have been raised and then the
> politicians who've been elected to meet those expectations fail
> miserably at doing so.
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> shag
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