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| Online Publication Date: 24 Jul 2014
Does Framing Matter? Institutional Constraints on Framing in Two Cases of Intrastate Violence
Does Framing Matter? Institutional Constraints on Framing in Two Cases of Intrastate Violence
Page Range: 143 – 164
A popular current within frame theory holds that frames are more likely to "succeed" when they align with dominant representations of the political environment. These "master frames" are conceptualized as either endogenous to the protest cycle or as products of the political opportunity structure. In contrast, this article utilizes two cases of intrastate violence in 1990s Indonesia—"ethnic" violence in the province of West Kalimantan and "religious" violence in the city of Ambon—to show how long-term institutional processes constrain framing. Local institutions shaped both the perceived relevance of specific cleavages and the organizational resources available to frame articulators—each key to framing outcomes. How the resultant frames aligned with the institutional (religious) cleavage at the level of the state then shaped the alliances available to relevant actors. This suggests the need to reposition framing as a fundamentally institutional process, and as institutionally constrained on multiple levels of social organization.
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