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Summary information

Study title

Archival and workshop materials relating to constitutional practices in grass roots anarchistic organisations 2011-2018

Creator

Kinna, R, Loughborough University
Prichard, A, Exeter University

Study number / PID

853247 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-853247 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

The data consists of two bundles (i) Statements and General Assembly minutes of three Occupy camps (Wall Street, London St. Paul's and Oakland) downloaded from the online archives for the period of active occupation (2011-12) (ii) transcripts from workshops conducted in 2017 with Industrial Workers of the World branch members in the UK. These were arranged to discuss preliminary findings of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) members survey. Preliminary survey results are included in the bundle.

This project develops an anarchist conception of constitutionalising and explores the practices of three national and international groups: Occupy (Wall Street, London St. Pauls and Oakland), the Industrial Workers of the World and the Radical Routes co-operative. None of these are explicitly anarchist organisations but all have strong associations with anarchist politics. Working with these groups, we hope to understand how members currently constitutionalise, how far they are successful in realising their goals and what is distinctive about the practices they adopt. Our key question is: What constitutional principles and practices does a commitment to anarchy generate?

Topics

PoliticsSociety and culture

Keywords

ANARCHISMCONSTITUTIONAL CHANGEDEMOCRATIZATIONDECENTRALIZATIONSELF-GOVERNMENTINTERSECTIONALITY2019

Methodology

Data collection period

21/03/2016 - 31/03/2018

Country

United Kingdom

Time dimension

Not available

Analysis unit

Group

Universe

Not available

Sampling procedure

Not available

Kind of data

Text

Data collection mode

Archival material was downloaded from the online repositories maintained for the London, New York and Oakland camps. The minutes cover the period of the occupations.For the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), meetings were organised with each of the regional branches in the UK. Two pilot meetings were organised to hone the format. Thereafter members were invited to attend focus group discussions. No sampling was used: the researchers discussed findings of the IWW members survey with all those able to attend.

Funding information

Grant number

ES/N006860/1

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

2019

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available for download to users registered with the UK Data Service. All requests are subject to the permission of the data owner or his/her nominee. Please email the contact person for this data collection to request permission to access the data, explaining your reason for wanting access to the data, then contact our Access Helpdesk.

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