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A Typology of Oppositional Knowledge: Democracy and the U.S. Peace Movement

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  • Patrick G. Coy
  • Lynne M. Woehrle
  • Gregory M. Maney

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Institutionally privileged political discourses not only legitimate the policy agendas of power-holders, but also de-legitimate dissent. Oppositional discourses are social movement responses to these cultural obstacles to mass mobilisation. Integrating discourse analysis and framing theory, we argue that the production of oppositional knowledge constitutes a long-term, counter-hegemonic project that connects macro-level discourses with meso and micro-level efforts at political persuasion, mobilisation, and change. Drawing examples from statements issued by U.S. peace movement organisations (PMOs) over fifteen years, we map the production of oppositional discourses across five conflict periods. Using qualitative data analysis and both inductive and deductive theorising, we develop a typology of the U.S. peace movement's discourses on democracy. We show that four forms of oppositional knowledge were generated by PMOs to facilitate policy dialogue and accountability. Through their statements, peace movement organisations crafted a shared conception of democracy that is antithetical to military intervention abroad and political repression at home.

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  • Patrick G. Coy & Lynne M. Woehrle & Gregory M. Maney, 2008. "A Typology of Oppositional Knowledge: Democracy and the U.S. Peace Movement," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 13(4), pages 82-96, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:13:y:2008:i:4:p:82-96
    DOI: 10.5153/sro.1739
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    1. Julie Schweitzer & Tamara L Mix, 2022. "‘It Is a Tradition in the Nuclear Industry . . . Secrecy’: Political Opportunity Structures and Nuclear Knowledge Production in France," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 27(2), pages 504-524, June.
    2. Simin Fadaee, 2021. "The Long 2015 in Germany: Activists’ Pro-Refugee Frames and Media Counter Frames," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 26(1), pages 44-59, March.

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