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OverviewThis book highlights how online networking offers potential for new forms of activist mobilizing, repertoires, participatory democracy, direct action, fundraising, and civic engagement. It calls for a re-conceptualization of some of the main tenets of contentious and electoral politics, which were originally constructed to describe and analyze face-to-face forms of mobilization, in order to more accurately analyze contemporary forms of protest, electoral processes, and civil society organizing. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Victoria CartyPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.220kg ISBN: 9780415811033ISBN 10: 0415811031 Pages: 120 Publication Date: 05 September 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Overview of Social Movement Theories and a Proposed Synthesis 2. Students Against Sweatshops and Corporate Social Responsibility: The Anti-Nike Campaign 3. Contentious Politics, Cyberactivism, and Electoral Reform: The Reemergence of the Peace Movement Post 9-11 4. MoveOn.org and the Digital Revolution 5. The 2008 Presidential Election and Youth Activism: Digital Technologies as Grassroots Empowerment or Elite Control? ConclusionReviewsMany people regard the present as a lull in political activism, certainly from the Left, although the Tea Party movement suggests that right-wing social movements are alive and well. This book challenges that assumption and suggests that the focus for organization has shifted to the Internet. -Highly Recommended in CHOICE. Review by Y. R. Magrass, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Author InformationVictoria Carty is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Chapman University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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