Giugni, M. and Grasso, M. orcid.org/0000-0002-6911-2241 (2016) How Civil Society Actors Responded to the Economic Crisis: The Interaction of Material Deprivation and Perceptions of Political Opportunity Structures. Politics and Policy, 44 (3). pp. 447-472. ISSN 1555-5623
Abstract
We examine the relationship between material deprivation and different types of responses to crises by civil society actors. We are interested in understanding whether material deprivation has an effect on civil society reactions to the crisis and whether political opportunity factors contribute to this relationship. In particular, we wish to ascertain if the effect of material deprivation is moderated by perceptions of political stability, on the one hand, and of the effectiveness of government, on the other. Our results show that the effect of material deprivation on various aspects of responses to the crisis varies depending on the perceptions of the political environment. This suggests that perceptions of political stability and government effectiveness feed into the interpretation of present conditions. Therefore, perceptions of political stability and government effectiveness act as signals leading material deprivation to become politicized as a grievance.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Policy Studies Organization. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Politics & Policy. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Economic Crisis; Europe; Eurozone; Great Recession; Civil Society Actors; Material Deprivation; Political Stability; Government Effectiveness; Political Opportunity Structures; Political Claims Making; Public Opinion; Political Participation; Public Perception; Social Movements; Protest Behavior; Resource Mobilization Theory |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EUROPEAN COMMISSION - FP6/FP7 LIVEWHAT 613237 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 29 Mar 2016 11:04 |
Last Modified: | 14 Jun 2018 00:38 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/polp.12157 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/polp.12157 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:97109 |