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Power and Networked Social Movements
Karine Nahon and Manuel Castells
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The goal – dynamics of powerThe method – eclecticThe contribution –a framework of analysis to examine the process of political representation through the lenses of information control and power relationships
Lit: Castells, 2009, 2012; Nahon, 2009, 2009, 20011; Mason, 2012; Juris, 2008; Lievrouw, 2011; Earl, 2011,2012;
Networks of Power and Social Structure
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Code Power - Rules
• Rules of representations• Rules of participation
Networks of Power and Social Structure
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Dynamics – network gatekeeping power
• Inclusion/Exclusion– Who is a citizen?– Who is entitled to certain rights?– Prioritize groups that promote the gatekeeper’s interest– Exclusion of groups that risk network-making power– Legislation to bound the power of the judicial system
• Switching-making power
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Counter Power- Background
• Israel – housing crisis, unbearable cost of living
• Spain - Financial crisis, high rates of unemployment, housing crisis for the youth and threat to Internet freedom.
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Counter Power - The Message• We don’t have a democracy because
government is captured by financial interests and personal interests of politicians.
• There is a disconnect between network-making power (setting the goals of the democratic network) and the code power (how these goals are achieved, rules of representation).
• It is not about the crisis, but about the management of the crisis.
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Counter Power - Goals
• Both - change political system, reprogram political representation and participation
• Israel – achieve “social justice”,• Spain – those responsible for the
crisis should pay for it, keep the welfare state, control corruption, replace current corporate media
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Demands, Slogans and Leadership
• No specific demands. Every possible demand.
We Are the GovernmentThe People Demand
Social Justice
Real Democracy Now
It is not the Crisis, it is the System
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The formal channels of the protesters and the Trachtenberg committee (Gov.)
Discussions about the tents movement and the Trachtenberg committee
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Outcomes – Consciousness-making
• Both - A change of mind of how people think about elementary components of representation and participation (88% in Israel and 75% in Spain in support of the movement)
• Spain - consciousness of being a global node
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Outcomes – Organization-making
• Leaderless• Decision making by assembly• Constant networking in the internet
(new forms of organization and participation)
• Rhizomatic logic
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Outcomes-Institutions Making
• Spain – none• Israel – five areas – housing, tax,
social services, cost of living, fiscal policy, and macro economy environment
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Conclusions
• Relationship between characteristics of the movement and impact on society
• The network capacity of the movement
• Gatekeepers and Movements
