Teorija zastupanja alternativnih interesa u novim društvenim pokretima
The Theory of Interest Representation in New Social Movements

Summary/Abstract: On the whole, new social movements could be generally classified as belonging to the trade union model of interest representation. There are three main features which are usually attributed to the new movements: (a) anti parliamentarian ism, (b) antilegalistic resort to unconventional behaviour and (c) belief in the transformation of the society by introducing a new, decentralized socialist system. The possibility to formulate a new consistent theory of interest mediation greatly depends on the prospects of the movement as a political force. There are various theoretical explanations for this, of which the author mentions four kinds: the conventional interpretation which classifies the new movement as one of the causes of the split within western societies; a three-stage evolutionism, which sees a new paradigm of postmaterialism and of the way of life in new social movements as a substitute for the preceding behaviour patterns; Inglehart’s theory of the silent revolution; the theory of generational cycles.

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