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Dziewuchy Dziewuchom für sexuelle Selbstbestimmung. (Girls for Girls for sexual self-determination.) The impact of political opportunity structures on pro-choice movements in Germany and Poland.
Stendebach, F. (2021) Dziewuchy Dziewuchom für sexuelle Selbstbestimmung. (Girls for Girls for sexual self-determination.) The impact of political opportunity structures on pro-choice movements in Germany and Poland.
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| Abstract: | Differences in Political Opportunity Structures (POS) pose individual challenges and opportunities for social movements operating within them since these structures determine, to a great extent, their environment. Kriesi et al. (1995) developed a framework investigating the impact of POS on respective movements, which will be analyzed in this paper concerning pro-choice movements. The 2016 and 2020 pro-choice movements in Poland raised international awareness on the political environment in Poland and the issue of abortion in general. In the literature on POS, Germany is often used as a Western European example while Eastern European states are hardly involved in the research. In order to gain more knowledge on the Eastern European POS impacting movements and to investigate the Western European POS’ impact on a movement dealing with a controversial topic, the following research question is formulated: To what extent are the political opportunity structures in Western Europe (Germany) and Eastern Europe (Poland) able to explain the mobilization of pro-choice movements? Three steps are taken in order to answer this research question with relevant literature and collected data through interviews: First, concrete opportunities deriving from the formal and informal structures in the respective countries are analyzed, second, the approach of both pro-choice movements to the available POS will be investigated and third, the meaning of the policy issue abortion on the POS’ impact on pro-choice movements is analyzed. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 02 science and culture in general |
| Programme: | Management Society and Technology BSc (56654) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/87618 |
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