1. Political Participation- III
Post-materialism, new social movements, political change

2. What difference does clientelism make?
Impact of clientelism on political culture?
How well does clientelism mesh with
Ideological politics?
Post-materialism?
Are patron-client relationships compatible with a civil society?
Does clientelism develop or destroy social capital?

3. Social movements: What is a social movement?
New social movements (NSMs):
Civil rights movement (US)
Peace movement
Environmental movement
Anti-globalization movement
Anti-abortion movement

4. Explaining new social movements:
Red-diaper babies?
Post-materialism as a source?
Framing and opportunity structure:
(Sidney Tarrow, Doug Imig…)
NSMs as a product of circumstances, available opportunities
Impact of national rituals, ‘scripts’

5. Who gets what, when, and how? --Harold Lasswell
Do the phenomena of post-materialism and the `more the more’ hypothesis mean that the demands of the poor and the working classes are always neglected?

6. Problem:
Do post-materialism and the `more the more’ hypothesis address the same question?
Does one tell you more about who participates and the other more about the values of those who participate?
What difference does post-materialism make?
Or can the power of numbers counter the advantages of access and skill?

7. When do revolutions occur?
The ‘J-curve’ hypothesis: revolutions do not occur in abjectly poor societies, but rather in those in which there has been some improvement.