"Class relations within party organizations shape and set clear limits on the involvement of working-class activists."
A review of Raphaël Challier's book, "Simple militants. How political parties demobilise the working classes":
https://www.cairn-int.info/journal-politix-2022-1-page-235.htm
#politicalParties #parties #partisanship #activists #grassroots #politics #sociology @sociology
How parties recruit and select candidates 🧶
#meritocracy #classContempt #elites #oligarchy #yawn #bourgeoisie #parties #sociology #anthropology #mission #missions #apparatus #caucus #FrPol #masculinity
Subordinate activists come up against elitist structures that prevent them from accessing positions of responsibility: they are and will remain “mere activists”.
'“Good” activism generally involves exhibiting “cultural goodwill,” talking about politics with a high degree of abstraction and self-restraint, attending large anonymous meetings on national issues, and organizing one’s time in such a way as to be available for activist activity. These traits run counter to the circumstantial, more occasional, practical, and local engagement of working-class activists.'
A recension of Raphaël Challier's book: "Ordinary activists. How parties demobilise the working classes": https://shs.cairn.info/journal-politix-2022-1-page-235?lang=en
#rallying #mobilisation #mobilization #engagement #parties #activists #activism #subalternStudies #struggles #politics #FrPol
Have you come across Rosenthal's "Professional Poison"?
I heard about it via the Disciplined Minds website:
https://web.archive.org/web/20230828074535/https://disciplinedminds.tripod.com/
It's the same controlling behaviour expressed as the self-policing aspect of "professionalism".
It's just another low-energy-state feedback node.
Useful from the perspective of group survival, but limited in it's usefulness, as it's difficult to move from there to any higher-energy-state nodes.
Same problem with most evolved systems. :D
@BillySmith
In the sociology of organizations, i have found this text which might interest you: https://susanrosenthal.com/strategies/pain-on-the-one-side-fear-on-the-other-retaining-members-in-socialist-organization/
... by the same Susan Rosenthal.
From my perspective, the article shows a narrow society view: it is as if she only considered US Whites. It feels alien to me 🤦🏾♀️
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