The frame theory, developed by Goffman in Frame Analysis (1974), has been applied in theoretical guidance and in methodological analysis of new social movements. The aim here is to reconstruct the usage of the frame concept and other elements of interactionist sociological tradition on the analysis, made by authors as Gamson (1988), Snow & Benford (1988), Johnston (2005), of the collective action in social movements. It can be stated that the analytical fruitfulness of the collective action frame, not only to investigate mobilizations at first realized with low organization level and out of the institutional sphere, but also in the analysis of strategies applied by state organizations or government social policies.
Social Movements; Frame Analysis; Goffman; Collective Action; Symbolic Interactionism
