"Harland county USA"

After reading the Thompson, the Rose articles there were a number of interesting connection between these theories and the movement in Harland county.
The biggest dilemma I had was without know exactly whether the movement was "successful" it was hard to judge which theories applied.

so I decided to look at more as a blend or spectrum.

We have talked about in class the difference between new and old movements. It was interesting to see Rose's theory delve deeper into new v. old and middled-class v. working class. He talked about the effect of the production process on the structure of social movements. Dependent upon your class, and place in production process determines your values and willingness to mobilize for a specific movement.

This brings in the idea of rules and legitimacy from Thompson. He says that rules define what actions mean, and the key process looks at making these rules seem "natural" to a group. (p. 380) I think that one way in Harland county that the organizers of the group made this happen was exemplified in the conversation with the police officer in NY, he is shocked by the condition that the Harland miner work in and under.

This conversation also represents and important point in Rose's article, that is the idea that class cultures evolve as historical conditions change and as people's strategies develop in response to members of own and other class over time.(474)

Again without knowing all of the details of the ending of movie, I think that the by appealing to another class through more broad interests (as apposed to narrow material ones') such as general safety on the job, health care for one's self and family or general satisfaction for one's job the Harland county miners will be much more successful in mobilizing people from their own class structure as well as others. Rose points out the difference in structures as such (p476)
Professional: Working:
mid-class regulated by direct reward/punishment system
specialized skill search for autonomy results in daily battle with authority
autonomy
flexible work place
desirable environment

Thompson talks about making rules seem natural as a way to manipulate movement, Harland's miners appealed to the professional or middle class (and those who represent them) by saying, "hey, these are the things that you expect everyday you go to work. We don't get any of them. This isn't just about money, it's about human rights."

As Rose states on page 488. "class delineates the form a movement takes", thus the Harland miners movement is most similar to a Class-Culture movement.