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Uniting social movements: The religious right in r evolutionary Egypt

Uniting social movements: The religious right in r evolutionary Egypt. In what way do religious institutions contribute to the alignment of diverse interests and, ultimately, the success of a social movement in conservative societies?. Literature Review. Social Movement Success (DV)

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Uniting social movements: The religious right in r evolutionary Egypt

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  1. Uniting social movements: The religious right in revolutionary Egypt In what way do religious institutions contribute to the alignment of diverse interests and, ultimately, the success of a social movement in conservative societies?

  2. Literature Review Social Movement Success (DV) • Lack of literature; focus on how and why SMs happen. • Gurr (1980): Internal vs. external, intended vs. unintended effects. • Gamson (1990) and Gurr (1980): Definition of “success”--significant policy change Interest Alignment (IV) • McCarthy and Zald (1977): RMT explains that interest alignment is rational, efficient, and will maximize results. • Levitsky (2007): The more diverse a unified group is, the better. • Psychological explanations: SM participants unite out of emotional/psychological reasons. Religious Institutions (IV) • Snow, Worden and Benford (1986): Cultural institutions frame (construct) the values and objectives of the SM. • Morris (2008): In conservative societies, religious institutions frame SMs (c.f. African-American church during the civil rights movement).

  3. Methodology and Rationale • Two protests in Egypt: • Lotus Revolution (25 January to 11 February) • Million Woman March (8 March 2011) • Both protests were situated within similar contexts and the participants of each aligned their interests to present a unified goal. • Yet the Lotus Revolution succeeded and the Million Woman March failed. Why? • Observations are made on all variables from evidence gathered from Western, English language news sources. • Further understanding of framing theory contributes to the understanding of how institutions—other than the challengers and challenged in a SM—play a role in the outcome.

  4. The Case Social Movement Success (DV) Interest Alignment and Religious Institutions (IV) Measured by the number of different interest groups who made the same statement about movement objectives as a percentage of the total number of statements made by distinct interest groups: Complete alignment, partial alignment, little or no alignment Measured by religious institutions’ presence or absence as participants in social movements. • Social movement success is defined as significant policy change per the primary demand of the protesting group. • Complete success (the movement’s primary goal is realized) • Partial success (the movement’s secondary goal(s) is/are realized) • Failure (the movement’s goals are not realized)

  5. Conclusion • Religious institutions do play an important role in interest alignment and, ultimately, success in social movements in conservative societies. • Implications: • Religious institutions may work to incorporate or sabotage interests groups. Greater research is needed to explore the role of institutions in social movement outcomes.

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