Navigating Institutional Pressure in State-Socialist and Democratic Regimes The Case of Movement Brontosaurus
Navigating Institutional Pressure in State-Socialist and Democratic Regimes The Case of Movement Brontosaurus
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应对国家社会主义和民主政权中的制度压力雷龙运动案例
DOI：
10.1177/0899764008328820
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发表时间：
2010
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通讯作者：
P. Jehlička
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作者：
J. Carmin;P. Jehlička
本文以成立于国家社会主义时代的捷克组织“雷龙运动”为例，探讨了在不同的政治和社会背景下，寻求促进替代现状的公民协会和非政府组织如何应对制度压力。这个案例表明，在国家社会主义制度下，雷龙似乎符合国家的命令和社会的期望。然而，它的形式结构与许多活动脱钩，以掩盖其对立的意图。在向民主过渡后，该组织只有在调整其结构和做法并公开表达其替代议程后，才能保持其在社会中的地位。研究结果表明，社会变革和替代生活方式的组织如何改变他们的方式，使他们能够实现自己的价值观，追求自己的使命，同时占政治和社会环境中，他们嵌入的机构压力的反应。
Using the case of Movement Brontosaurus, a Czech organization founded in state socialist times, this article investigates how civic associations and nongovernmental organizations seeking to promote alternatives to the status quo respond to institutional pressures in different political and social contexts. The case shows that under state socialism, Brontosaurus appeared to conform to state mandates and societal expectations. However, its formal structure was decoupled from many activities to obscure its oppositional intent. After the transition to democracy, the organization was only able to maintain its place in society after it aligned its structure and practices with each other and openly expressed its alternative agenda. The findings demonstrate how social change and alternative lifestyle organizations vary their responses to institutional pressure in ways that enable them to realize their values and pursue their missions while accounting for the political and social contexts in which they are embedded.