Life in the Faslane : Faslane Peace Camp and the protest camp network in the UK

The central purpose of this thesis is to explore and better understand Faslane Peace Camp's approach to disarmament and their methods of protest as well as to understand Faslane's connection to the larger network of social movement organizations establishing camps as a method of protest throughout the UK. The central argument is that Faslane Peace Camp has developed a counter-hegemonic frame that relates it to other movements for peace, social, and environmental justice. Frame analysis, new social movement theories, and research mobilization theories are all applied to the research data to gain a fuller perspective of Faslane Peace Camp and the protest camp network in the UK. Studying this network is crucial to help better understand SMO's in the UK and to encourage their growth and development.