Restructuring Local Democracy: Political Activism Under Economic Transformation

重构地方民主：经济转型下的政治行动主义

• 批准号: 9412302
• 负责人: Lynn Staeheli
• 金额: $ 15.49万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-08-15 至 1997-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9412302&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Restructuring; Local; Democracy; Political; Activism

9412302 STAEHELI This research project will examine the ways that political activism has been affected by the increase in flexible employment that has accompanied economic restructuring in the United States. The initial premise is that flexible employment (i.e., part-time work, off-shift work, temporary contracts, self-employment, and work undertaken at one's home) and the concomitant changes in wage levels, job security, and time availability lead to re- evaluations of the potential for political activism. The household and the broad range of financial and interpersonal resources it encompasses is the context in which decisions about activism are made. The local political structure and perceptions about the local political structure are crucial intervening factors that also affect decisions regarding political activism. Trends in employment and activism therefore will be examined in four different cities using a two-stage research strategy. The first stage will involve the construction of narratives that set the structural context of economic restructuring. The second stage will involve extensive telephone surveys in which household members reconstruct their employment and political histories. This stage also will involve intensive in-person interviews with political activists. The telephone surveys will provide baseline information regarding the nature of employment restructuring, political activities, and household adjustment strategies, while the intensive interviews will focus on the ways that work, politics, household, and local context are interconnected. Political activism is a crucial element for maintaining and strengthening democratic institutions. This research project will add to theories related to restructuring, the state, and citizenship, and it will provide valuable new insights about the ways that economic change affects the form and character of local democracy. The results of the study therefore will have significant theoretic al and practical implications for understanding and improving democratization processes.

小行星9412302 该研究项目将探讨美国经济结构调整带来的灵活就业增加对政治活动的影响。 第一个前提是灵活就业（即，兼职工作、轮班工作、临时合同、自营职业和在家工作）以及随之而来的工资水平、工作保障和时间可用性的变化导致对政治活动潜力的重新评估。 家庭及其所包含的广泛的财务和人际资源是做出行动主义决定的背景。 当地的政治结构和对当地政治结构的看法是至关重要的干预因素，也会影响有关政治行动的决定。 因此，将采用两阶段研究战略，在四个不同的城市审查就业和行动的趋势。 第一阶段将涉及构建叙述，确定经济结构调整的结构背景。 第二阶段将涉及广泛的电话调查，其中家庭成员将重建其就业和政治历史。 这一阶段还将涉及与政治活动家的密集面对面访谈。 电话调查将提供有关就业结构调整、政治活动和家庭调整战略的基本信息，而密集访谈将侧重于工作、政治、家庭和当地环境相互联系的方式。 政治活动是维持和加强民主体制的一个关键因素。 这个研究项目将增加有关重组，国家和公民身份的理论，它将提供有关经济变化影响地方民主的形式和特征的方式有价值的新见解。 因此，本研究的结果对于理解和改善民主化进程具有重要的理论和实践意义。