Fominaya Cristina Flesher
University of Aberdeen.
Sociol Inq. 2010;80(3):377-404. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-682x.2010.00339.x.
Collective identity formation is important because it plays a crucial role in sustaining movements over time. Studying collective identity formation in autonomous groups in the Global Justice Movement poses a challenge because they encompass a multiplicity of identities, ideologies, issues, frames, collective action repertoires, and organizational forms. This article analyzes the process of collective identity formation in three anti-capitalist globalization groups in Madrid, Spain, based on 3 years of ethnographic fieldwork. The author argues that for new groups practicing participatory democracy the regular face-to-face assemblies are the crucial arena in which collective identity can form and must be both effective and participatory in order to foster a sense of commitment and belonging. The article raises the possibility that scholars should consider what seems to be an oxymoron: the possible benefits of "failure" for social movements.
集体身份认同的形成很重要，因为它在长期维持运动方面起着关键作用。研究全球正义运动中自治团体的集体身份认同形成面临挑战，因为这些团体包含多种身份、意识形态、问题、框架、集体行动方式和组织形式。本文基于三年的人种志田野调查，分析了西班牙马德里三个反资本主义全球化团体的集体身份认同形成过程。作者认为，对于实行参与式民主的新团体来说，定期的面对面集会是集体身份认同得以形成的关键场所，而且这些集会必须既有效又具有参与性，才能培养出责任感和归属感。本文提出了一种可能性，即学者们应该考虑一个看似矛盾的说法：社会运动“失败”可能带来的好处。
