No description available.

No description available.

No description available.

Ho, Chun Kit. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 302-315). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Dedication --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii-v / Acknowledgements --- p.vi / List of Abbreviations --- p.vii / Table of Contents --- p.viii / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- Literature Review: Coalition Formation and Maintenance --- p.15 / Chapter 3. --- Data and Methods --- p.45 / Chapter 4. --- Characteristics of Broker Organizations --- p.66 / Chapter 5. --- Coalition Brokers and Process of Coalition Formation --- p.102 / Chapter 6. --- Social Construction of Coalition Forms --- p.157 / Chapter 7. --- Changing Coalition Forms and Coalition Maintenance --- p.207 / Chapter 8. --- Summary and Conclusion --- p.271 / Appendices --- p.295 / Bibliography --- p.302

This thesis explores both modernist and poststructuralist theories of the identification process as a vehicle for understanding the makeup of individuals and their relationship with social movements. It is asserted that individuals are made up of multiple lines of identity, such as sexuality and gender, which interact with societal normative discourse. This essay develops the theory of the fractured being to account for these arrangements and asserts that individuals continually rearrange their identity in order to negotiate axiomatic activities. By demonstrating that it is possible to affect change at micro and macro levels, the fractured being retains agonistic power relations. Theories that demonstrate how individuals resist norms on a daily basis are explored through an examination of daily events, popular culture, and a qualitative interview. This thesis concludes that benefits are derived within social movements when members organise around more complex relationships rather than singular issues.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Anthropology Department, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. A.)--Ohio State University, 2008. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 66-71).

Thesis (Ph. D. in Sociology)--Vanderbilt University, May 2006. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (B.A.)--Boston University. University Professors Program Senior theses. / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / 2031-01-01