cooptation

(noun)

A co-opting, or a commandeering, appropriation.

Related Terms

  • Sidney Tarrow
  • Charles Tilly

Examples of cooptation in the following topics:

  • The Stages of Social Movements

    • At this point, social movements can then take any number of paths, ranging from success to failure, the cooptation of leaders, repression by larger groups (e.g., government), or even the establishment of a movement within the mainstream.
  • Bibliography

    • Corporate profits and cooptation: networks of market constraints and directorate ties in the American economy.
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