Hwa-Jen Liu
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780816689514
- eISBN:
- 9781452952420
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816689514.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Politics, Social Movements and Social Change
Despite of similarities in colonial heritages, authoritarian rule, and a breakneck speed of industrialization, despite of similar levels of grievances over abused labor power and natural environment, ...
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Despite of similarities in colonial heritages, authoritarian rule, and a breakneck speed of industrialization, despite of similar levels of grievances over abused labor power and natural environment, why did two countries as structurally similar as Taiwan and Korea produce distinct sequences—in reverse order—of the rise of labor and environmental movements? The story that emerges in Leverage of the Weak is of the realization, and the limit, of two types of movement power under the dominance of developmental states and corporate economies. Leverage of the Weak goes beyond the conventional discussion of “the power of the weak” and “disruptive power,” and is the first book to systematically pursue cross-movement and cross-national comparisons on East Asia. By shedding new light on the interconnection of movement emergence, sequences, and trajectories, Leverage of the Weak discloses the material foundation of labor-environment alliances and leads academics and activists alike toward a reassessment of the past and the future of labor and environmental movements, two forces that have significantly shaped social life—and our imaginary pictures of social life—in modern times.Less
Despite of similarities in colonial heritages, authoritarian rule, and a breakneck speed of industrialization, despite of similar levels of grievances over abused labor power and natural environment, why did two countries as structurally similar as Taiwan and Korea produce distinct sequences—in reverse order—of the rise of labor and environmental movements? The story that emerges in Leverage of the Weak is of the realization, and the limit, of two types of movement power under the dominance of developmental states and corporate economies. Leverage of the Weak goes beyond the conventional discussion of “the power of the weak” and “disruptive power,” and is the first book to systematically pursue cross-movement and cross-national comparisons on East Asia. By shedding new light on the interconnection of movement emergence, sequences, and trajectories, Leverage of the Weak discloses the material foundation of labor-environment alliances and leads academics and activists alike toward a reassessment of the past and the future of labor and environmental movements, two forces that have significantly shaped social life—and our imaginary pictures of social life—in modern times.
Hwa-Jen Liu
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780816689514
- eISBN:
- 9781452952420
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816689514.003.0003
- Subject:
- Sociology, Politics, Social Movements and Social Change
Chapter 2 outlines various ways to empirically define “movement emergence” and put forth a synthetic account in which “movement emergence” is understood as the synchronization of protest actions and ...
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Chapter 2 outlines various ways to empirically define “movement emergence” and put forth a synthetic account in which “movement emergence” is understood as the synchronization of protest actions and oppositional consciousness.Less
Chapter 2 outlines various ways to empirically define “movement emergence” and put forth a synthetic account in which “movement emergence” is understood as the synchronization of protest actions and oppositional consciousness.
