Theoretical and Analytical Framework to Capture Social Movements in Developing Countries from Actor’s Perspective : Approach to the Meaning of Action through Life Stories

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  • 途上国の社会運動を行為者の視点から捉える理論・分析枠組み : ライフストーリーによる行為の意味への接近

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The purpose of this paper is to construct the framework for capturing the meanings of social movements in developing countries from the grass root actor’s point of view. The paper starts with reviewing ‘endogenous development theory’ which has made efforts to get insight about social change from local people’s point of view. It shares common interest with theories of social movement in the sense that both put emphasis on the initiatives of people in the process of social transformation. However, in both theories, the observers tend to apply the premised framework of ethnicity or social class from structural functionalist views, and lack the insight to the subjective realities of people. To overcome this limitation, this paper discusses the theories by Melucci Alberto, who introduced the constructivist view to the analysis of collective behavior. Melucci suggested to capture the multiple meanings of the movement by focusing on individual actors and their processes of interaction. In the later part of the paper, methodological framework is also discussed. This paper suggest employing ‘phenomenological sociology’ to avoid the observer’s assumption, and using ‘life story’ as a tool to capture the meanings of the movement from actor’s perspective.

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