Putting the town on the map: Power struggle over fracking in Denton
| dc.contributor.advisor | Sadri, Mahmoud | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Gullion, Jessica Smartt, 1972- | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Williams, James L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Soyer, Mehmet | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-09T15:03:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-09T15:03:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 12/30/2015 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The main focus in this study is to use the theoretical frameworks of value-conflict (Fuller and Myers 1941) and social construction of social problems (Best 1995) to scrutinize the power struggle of two groups (Frack Free Denton and Denton Tax Payers for a Strong Economy) over fracking in Denton. To be able to explain this phenomenon, I accumulated data from in-depth interviews, newspaper articles, letters to the editor, and campaign advertisements. Since the election resulted in a fracking ban in Denton, this dissertation assumes that the anti-fracking grassroots group reached out to the citizens to generate local consciousness of constructing fracking as a social problem. This study focused on the campaign of the two groups on each side of the debate. I examined the stages of awareness, policy determination, and reform (Fuller and Myers 1941) concerning fracking by observing “claims,” “claims-makers,” and “claims-making activities” as defined by Spector and Kitsuse (1977). Merging the theoretical frameworks of value-conflict and social construction of social problems helped to elucidate how each of these two groups have challenged the claims-making activities and goals of their adversaries. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11274/10022 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | Social sciences | en_US |
| dc.subject | Health and environmental sciences | en_US |
| dc.subject | Anti-fracking group | en_US |
| dc.subject | Fracking | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pro-fracking group | en_US |
| dc.subject | Social constructionism | en_US |
| dc.subject | Social problem | en_US |
| dc.title | Putting the town on the map: Power struggle over fracking in Denton | en_US |
| dc.type | Dissertation | en_US |