social movements and zombies
1. Framing: What do we want? BRAINS!!!! When do we want it? BRAINS!!!!
2. Network Analysis: The respondent is more likely to join the zombie social movement if bitten by a zombie with whom they have weak ties.
3. Resource mobilization: The success of zombie mobilization depends on the ability to appropriate fresh brains.
4. Political opportunity structures: Zombie uprisings are correlated with weak states. As states weaken, genetically modified viruses leak from unguarded secret labs, leading to zombies.
5. The Burstein Hypothesis: There’s no real theoretical reason for sociologists to single out zombies. The undead are just another interest group that wants the government to help them eat brains. As long as the median voter doesn’t care about their brains, zombies will be able to influence policy makers. Political scientists should pay more attention to zombies.
Written by fabiorojas
August 19, 2010 at 12:37 am
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Some sociological zombified theories, in French, here : http://uneheuredepeine.blogspot.com/2009/10/il-fallait-bien-que-quelquun-le-fasse.html
Baptiste C.
August 19, 2010 at 7:37 am
Brilliant, especially #5.
Trey
August 19, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Inhabited Institutionalism: The Zombie Logic is inhabited by people eating flesh, at times in concert, at times in conflict.
Tim Hallett
August 19, 2010 at 2:32 pm
I like to think that zombies have a disruptive presence in organizations. Zombies threaten organizations’ carefully cultivated images by eating the brains of their various stakeholders.
brayden king
August 19, 2010 at 3:38 pm
What do we mean by zombie movement success? If zombies succeed in achieving all movement goals, all brains will be eaten, and thus the need for the organization will be gone. Thus, does zombie movement success mean the end to zombie movement organizations? Or does zombie movement success just mean consciousness raising about zombies? Is it possible to raise consciousness in the brain-eaten?
Alternatively, do zombie social movements matter?
Trey
August 19, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Trey, that’s why it’s important to bring the brains back in!
fabiorojas
August 19, 2010 at 4:59 pm
The Mother Of All Zombies
Jon Awbrey
August 20, 2010 at 11:49 am
How timely – Zombies were advertising their numbers in Vancouver this weekend.
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Photos+Zombies+walk+Vancouver+search+brains/3428426/story.html
Marit
August 22, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Given that I have tried to keep my zombie activism separate from my professional life, I’m a little disturbed that “welcome caroline lee!” comes up as a possibly related post to this thread.
carolinewlee
August 23, 2010 at 6:10 pm
M: An outbreak in Vancouver? Sounds like they smell the new brains in town!
fabiorojas
August 23, 2010 at 6:54 pm