Theory and Society
33 (5): 487-527, October 2004
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Globalizing social movement theory: The case of eugenics
Deborah Barrett
School of Social Work and Department of Sociology, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Charles Kurzman
School of Social Work and Department of Sociology, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Abstract
Transnational social movements are affected not only by national-level
factors, but also by factors that operate at the global level. This
article develops two conceptual tools for analyzing global factors:
international political opportunity and global culture. The
conduciveness of both factors appears to be important in understanding
eugenics activity, which this article examines as a transnational
social movement. The lack of international political opportunity before
World War I and the hostile climate of global culture after World War
II hindered eugenic mobilization during these periods, while the
emergence of opportunities and cultural conduciveness during the
Interwar period was associated with movement growth and effectiveness.
Article ID: 5379128
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