CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | De Los Santos, Justin Ryan |
|---|---|
| Title | COUNTERMOVEMENTS AND DECISION-MAKING: THE CASE OF THE IRISH CIVIL PARTNERSHIP ACT AND THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT |
| Summary | Democracy is a means to an end, a place in which active citizenry can band together to affect social change. On the opposite side of the coin, it can be a place to perpetuate the status quo and stall or prevent social change by an active opposition citizenry. Social movement studies have clearly established the influential role social movements play in regard to policy outcomes. Furthermore, studies now utilize the stages of the policy process to pinpoint where social movements matter throughout the stages; finding substantial support for an influence at both the early and late stages, leaving the middle stages understudied. Conversely, studies on counter-mobilization have been largely focused on the interactions between opposing movement, resulting in a limited discussion of countermovement influence on policy outcomes through the policy process. In order to add to the knowledge of movement influence on policy outcomes throughout the policy process as well as the growing knowledge on counter mobilization, this paper examines the Religious Right in the Republic of Ireland as an LGBT countermovement during the middle stage of the policy process, the decision-making stage. |
| Supervisor | Krizsan, Andrea |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/santos_justin.pdf |
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