Year: 2019
Author: Schritt, Jannik
Sociologus, Vol. 69 (2019), Iss. 1 : pp. 19–35
Abstract
Abstract
The opening of the first oil refinery in Niger at the end of November 2011 spurred protests and violent clashes between youths and police. These protests turned into urban riots in the days following. In this extended case study, I analyse the processual, performative and affective dimensions of the protests and discuss urban protest and contentious politics in Niger against the backdrop of political machines, a hybrid civil society, the dynamics of intersectionality, and the role of ordering technologies. I argue that influential theories of social movements tend to overlook the heterogeneity, contingency and relational processuality of protest movements, and that taken together, these elements are rather best understood using the holistic notion of ‘contentious assemblages’.
Keywords: Collective action, social movements, contentious politics, protest, assemblage, affect, oil, Niger
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Journal Article Details
Publisher Name: Global Science Press
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3790/soc.69.1.19
Sociologus, Vol. 69 (2019), Iss. 1 : pp. 19–35
Published online: 2019-01
AMS Subject Headings: Duncker & Humblot
Copyright: COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press
Pages: 17
Keywords: Collective action social movements contentious politics protest assemblage affect oil Niger
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| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jannik Schritt: Urban Protest in Oil-age Niger: Towards a Notion of ‘Contentious Assemblages’ | 1 | ||
| Abstract | 1 | ||
| 1. Introduction | 1 | ||
| 2. Contentious Assemblages and Collective Action Theory | 3 | ||
| 3. The Oil Refinery’s Inauguration and the Production of Disorder in Zinder | 5 | ||
| 4. Political Machines | 1 | ||
| 5. A Hybrid Civil Society | 1 | ||
| 6. Dynamics of Intersectionality | 1 | ||
| 7. Ordering Technologies | 1 | ||
| 8. Conclusion | 1 | ||
| References | 1 |