Activists 2004

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Hilma Holm - Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society

Magnus Wennerhag - Lund University, Department of Sociology

Johan Lindgren - Lund University, Department of Sociology

Henrik Nordvall - Linkoping University, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning

Adrienne Sörbom - Stockholm University, Department of Sociology

Description:

The purpose of the study is to give a nuanced image of activists within the Global Justice Movement in Sweden. Based on a survey carried through at three Swedish local social forums in 2004, the study highlights some aspects of the activists within this contemporary movement: political attitudes, experiences of political action, and social and demographical background variables. The questions regarding political attitudes focus on attitudes towards globalization versus the national, institutional trust, degree of identification with the movement in question, attitudes towards activism in general, etc. The questions regarding political action focuses on membership in different types of organizations, degree of activism, experience of both transnational and other forms of political activism, etc. Some of the questions are similar to those being used in international surveys made during other social forums, and in general surveys addressing questions of political attitudes, trust and behaviour.

Subject area:

international politics and organisations, political behaviour and attitudes, social change (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Sociology, Political Science, Globalisation Studies (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

participation, organizations, international relations, trust, freedom of expression, protest movements, public political influence, membership, social protests, political participation, globalization, social justice, demonstration (protest), political institutions

Principal organisation:

Lund University

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Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Hilma Holm - Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society

Magnus Wennerhag - Lund University, Department of Sociology

Johan Lindgren - Lund University, Department of Sociology

Henrik Nordvall - Linkoping University, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning

Adrienne Sörbom - Stockholm University, Department of Sociology

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SND-ID: SND 0829

Purpose:

To give a nuanced image of activists within the Global Justice Movement in Sweden

Description:

The purpose of the study is to give a nuanced image of activists within the Global Justice Movement in Sweden. Based on a survey carried through at three Swedish local social forums in 2004, the study highlights some aspects of the activists within this contemporary movement: political attitudes, experiences of political action, and social and demographical background variables. The questions regarding political attitudes focus on attitudes towards globalization versus the national, institutional trust, degree of identification with the movement in question, attitudes towards activism in general, etc. The questions regarding political action focuses on membership in different types of organizations, degree of activism, experience of both transnational and other forms of political activism, etc. Some of the questions are similar to those being used in international surveys made during other social forums, and in general surveys addressing questions of political attitudes, trust and behaviour.

Language:

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated:

2004-05-06 — 2004-05-16

Geographic spread:

Geographic location: Sweden

Unit of analysis:

Population:

Activists, i.e. Social Forum participants in Göteborg, Skåne and Stockholm May 2004.

Time Method:

Sampling procedure:

Questionnaires were distributed to all passer-bys at the entrances to the most visited buildings of the event. The distribution of the questionnaires was spread over all the days that each forum lasted.

Subject area:

international politics and organisations, political behaviour and attitudes, social change (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Sociology, Political Science, Globalisation Studies (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

participation, organizations, international relations, trust, freedom of expression, protest movements, public political influence, membership, social protests, political participation, globalization, social justice, demonstration (protest), political institutions

Available documentation:

Questionnaire 'Göteborg social forum' in Swedish

Questionnaire 'Skåne social forum' in Swedish

Questionnaire 'Stockholm social forum' in Swedish

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Wennerhag, M., Holm, H., Lindgren, J., Nordvall, H., & Sörbom, A. (2006) Aktivister : Sociala forum, globala sociala rörelser och demokratins förnyelse. Stockholm: Bokförlaget Atlas. ISBN 13: 978-91-7389-224-7. ISBN 10: 91-7389-224-6.

Wennerhag, Magnus (2008). Global rörelse: Den globala rättviserörelsen och modernitetens omvandlingar. Bokförlaget Atlas. Tillgänglig på Internet: http://lup.lub.lu.se/record/1048956/file/1054191.pdf
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Sörbom, Adrienne & Wennerhag, Magnus (2008). Jag och resten av världen: Individuellt och kollektivt inom den globala rättviserörelsen.. Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift.: 1, s. 3-32

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Version 1.1:

2014-07-16 doi:10.5878/002108

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Version 1.0:

2007-02-26 doi:10.5878/002107

Available documentation:

Questionnaire 'Skåne social forum' in English

Table appendix in English

Activists 2004

Citation:

Hilma Holm, Magnus Wennerhag, Johan Lindgren, Henrik Nordvall, Adrienne Sörbom. Lund University, Department of Sociology, Linköping University, Stockholm University (2014). Activists 2004. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.1. https://doi.org/10.5878/002108

Keywords:

participation, organizations, international relations, trust, freedom of expression, protest movements, public political influence, membership, social protests, political participation, globalization, social justice, demonstration (protest), political institutions

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire

Time period(s) for data collection: 2004-05-06 — 2004-05-16

Source of the data: Population group

Variables:

377

Number of individuals/objects:

1066

Response rate/participation rate:

48 %