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Original Essays | April 29, 2013
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Laughing Saints and Righteous Heroes: Emotional Rhythms in Social Movement Groups (Morality and Society)by Erika Summers Effler
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Why do people keep fighting for social causes in the face of consistent failure? Why do they risk their physical, emotional, and financial safety on behalf of strangers? How do these groups survive high turnover and emotional burnout?
To explore these questions, Erika Summers Effler undertook three years of ethnographic fieldwork with two groups: anti-death penalty activists STOP and the Catholic Workers, who strive to alleviate poverty. In both communities, members must contend with problems that range from the broad to the intimately personal. Adverse political conditions, internal conflict, and fluctuations in financial resources create a backdrop of daily frustration—but watching an addict relapse or an inmates execution are much more devastating setbacks. Summers Effler finds that overcoming these obstacles, recovering from failure, and maintaining the integrity of the group require a constant process of emotional fine-tuning, and she demonstrates how activists do this through thoughtful analysis and a lucid rendering of their deeply affecting stories. About the AuthorErika Summers Effler is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: How Do Chronically Failing Altruistic Social Movement Groups Persist? A Glimpse of the Catholic Worker House A Glimpse of STOP Organization of the Book Overview of the Chapters 2 Thrilling Risk Attracts Involvement Draining Helplessness and Chaos at the Catholic Worker House Distress at STOPs Monthly Vigil Toward a Theory of How Thrilling Risk Attracts Involvement Conclusion 3 Recovering from Failure Carves Paths to Action A Catholic Worker Story of Failure and Recovery A STOP Story of Collapse and Recovery Toward a Theory of How Recovering from Failure Carves Paths to Action Conclusion 4 Evolving Emotional Histories Shape Styles of Persistence A Catholic Worker Story of Persistence A STOP Story of Persistence Toward a Theory of How Evolving Emotional Histories Shape Styles of Persistence Conclusion 5 Conclusion: Toward a Fluid Theory of Social Organization High Speed and Uneven Tempo at the Catholic Worker House Low Speed and Even Tempo at STOP Organization Emerges When the Pull toward Expansion Meets Obstacles Stability Eventually Undermines Itself The Relationship between Culture and Social Actors Dynamics of Influence Across Actors The Role of the Observer in the Perception of Stability Assessing Outcomes Conclusion Methods Appendix Working within the Limits of Observation Investigating the Emotional Rhythm of Social Organization Representing the Emotional Rhythm of Social Organization References Index What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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