Article(print)2003

Mobilizing Geography: Locating Space in Social Movement Theory

In: Mobilization: the international quarterly review of social movement research, Volume 8, Issue 2, p. 227-231

Marston, Sallie A

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Abstract

In a concluding comment on this special journal issue, some exciting possibilities presented by the linking of geography, sociology, & political science in the study of social movements are explored. The importance of a spatial perspective in understanding the contentious politics in which such movements are frequently embroiled is demonstrated via a case study of the US Supreme Court case that resulted from the attempts by lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgendered groups to participate in the annual St Patrick's Day parade in Boston, MA. In analyzing how the street shaped the construction of public discourse about the parade, the centrality of space in social movement theory is demonstrated. 6 References. K. Hyatt Stewart

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