Strategic interaction sequences: the institutionalization of participatory budgeting in New York City |
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| Authors: | Isaac Jabola-Carolus Luke Elliott-Negri James M. Jasper Jessica Mahlbacher Manès Weisskircher Anna Zhelnina |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Graduate Center, City University of New York , New York, USA ijabolacarolus@gradcenter.cuny.edu@ManesWeissk;5. Graduate Center, City University of New York , New York, USA;6. Institute of Political Science, Technische Universit?t Dresden , Dresden, Germany;7. Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute , Florence, Italy |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT An interactive approach to social movements highlights time dynamics in ways more correlational approaches do not, in that interaction and outcomes unfold in sequences as players react to one another. Some aspects of these engagements are shaped by institutional schedules, while others leave discretion to the players. Some institutional schedules, meanwhile, may be reshaped by strategic interactions. By examining the implicit trade-offs and explicit dilemmas that pervade strategic interaction, we see how some are tightly linked to time whereas others more closely reflect ongoing structural situations. Analyzing the case of participatory budgeting in New York City, we focus on two trade-offs, ‘being there’ and ‘powerful allies’, that appear when social movements attempt to institutionalize new policies and processes. These time-based strategic trade-offs complicate activists’ efforts to secure lasting gains. |
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| Keywords: | Social movements strategic interaction time institutionalization participatory budgeting |
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