CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Oszkay Febres-Cordero, Yotala |
|---|---|
| Title | Translating the Cheddar Revolution: Mobilization through the culture of fields in the Wisconsin Protests of 2011 |
| Summary | In this thesis, I explore why and how the Wisconsin protests of 2011—a series of demonstrations against a legislative bill with seemingly localized effects—garnered statewide, national and global support and involvement. I argue that in the protests against Governor Scott Walker’s Budget Repair Bill beginning in February of 2011, the range of participation of publics beyond the targeted group of unionized public workers in Wisconsin correlates with a series of discursive processes of interpretation and translation regarding the bill’s implications. That is, through employing cultural symbols and practices (or a toolkit) formed through processes in Wisconsin, American, and global strategic action fields (SAFs), actors in and beyond the immediately affected group made meaning of the bill and the protests, justified their participation, formed solidarities with, and helped mobilize others. Through the convergence of these fields and cultures the field of the Wisconsin protests emerged, in which actors encountered and acquired new cultural tools to be drawn from in other fields and social processes. |
| Supervisor | Fabiani, Jean-Louis; Renkin, Hadley |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/oszkay-febres-cordero_yotala.pdf |
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