Mobilizing Institutions – Institutionalizing Movements – An Introduction

Birgit Müller (1) , Catherine Neveu (1)

1 LAIOS - Laboratoire d'anthropologie des institutions et des organisations sociales

“Mobilizing institutions – institutionalizing movements”. Articles gathered for this volume of Focaal all question, from different angles and localities, the dichotomy between movements and institutions. The title reflects the very fluidity of the processes submitted to anthropological scrutiny. The articles all take their origins in what was to be originally two workshops, finally held jointly, for the EASA 6th Conference in Krakow in 2000 1. Starting from notions such as empowerment and popular participation, civil society, citizenship and the public sphere, both workshops aimed at exploring diverse representations of politics, collective forms of organization, and potentially new forms of relationships between the State, institutions and ‘civil society' or citizens. But while one was taking as its starting point social movements and participation, the other was set to explore institutional practices in the same field. At the fertile crossing of these two approaches lie the contributions gathered here.

Mots clés: social movements; citizenship; participation; expertise; trust; emotions

Domaines: Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie

Birgit Müller, Catherine Neveu. Mobilizing Institutions – Institutionalizing Movements – An Introduction. Focaal. European Journaal of Anthropology, 2002, 40, pp.9-20. ⟨halshs-00137874⟩