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OverviewIn what ways is the meaning and practice of politics changing? Why might so many people feel dissatisfied and disaffected with electoral politics? In this important book academics from a range of disciplines join with political activists to explore the meaning of politics and citizenship in contemporary society and the current forms of political (dis)engagement, providing a timely interdisciplinary dialogue and interrogation of contemporary political practices. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Caoimhe Ryan (University of St Andrews) , Yashpal Jogdand (University of St Andrews) , Stephen Reicher (University of St Andrews) , Francine Fernandes (Operation Black Vote)Publisher: Bristol University Press Imprint: Policy Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9781447317012ISBN 10: 1447317017 Pages: 276 Publication Date: 01 July 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction ~ Nathan Manning; PART ONE The changing landscape of politics; Does participation always have a democratic spirit? ~ Michele Micheletti; Love always wins: All Out’s campaign for equality everywhere ~ Andre Banks; Social media and political participation: BBC World Service and the Arabic Spring ~ Marie Gillespie, Nesrine Abdel Sattar and Mina Lami; PART TWO Contemporary political (dis)engagements; Feeling politics: the importance of emotions for understanding electoral (dis)engagement ~ Nathan Manning; UK Uncut: direct action against austerity ~ Tim Street; Doubly Disillusioned? Young Muslims and mainstream British politics ~ Parveen Akhtar; PART THREE The politics of identity and marginalisation; Political engagement among ethnic minority young people: exploring new grammars of action ~ Therese O’Toole; 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere' ~ Francine Fernandes; Political participation is self-interest... but not in the way you might think ~ Stephen Reicher, Yashpal Jogdand and Caoimhe Ryan; Conclusion: politics as an open-ended process ~ Nathan Manning.ReviewsThis is a very important book which both reminds us of ways of thinking about politics that have been submerged in recent decades and urges us to think more imaginatively about new ways of being political. Anyone interested in the revitalisation of democratic politics should read this book. Stephen Coleman, Leeds University An excellent contribution to the growing literature on alternative forms of political participation, at a time when too many see young people especially as apathetic and uninvolved. David Marsh, University of Canberra, Australia In contrasting traditional with new, everyday forms of digital participation, this book engagingly raises challenging questions about whose experiences and identities are included, and also who is increasingly excluded or disengaging from both new and old politics. Ariadne Vromen, The University of Sydney This is a very important book which both reminds us of ways of thinking about politics that have been submerged in recent decades and urges us to think more imaginatively about new ways of being political. Anyone interested in the revitalisation of democratic politics should read this book. Stephen Coleman, Leeds University This is a very important book which both reminds us of ways of thinking about politics that have been submerged in recent decades and urges us to think more imaginatively about new ways of being political. Anyone interested in the revitalisation of democratic politics should read this book. Stephen Coleman, Leeds University; In contrasting traditional with new, everyday forms of digital participation, this book engagingly raises challenging questions about whose experiences and identities are included, and also who is increasingly excluded or disengaging from both new and old politics. Ariadne Vromen, The University of Sydney; An excellent contribution to the growing literature on alternative forms of political participation, at a time when too many see young people especially as apathetic and uninvolved. David Marsh, University of Canberra, Australia Author InformationNathan Manning is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of York, UK. He is particularly interested in examining how citizens understand their relationship to politics and the role that emotions and feelings may play in people's experience of 'the political'. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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