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Record Nr.

UNINA9910495347403321

Autore

Rhodes Abi

Titolo

Social Movements in Elections : UK Anti-Austerity and Environmental Campaigning 2015-19 / / by Abi Rhodes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9783030762056

303076205X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (122 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Pivot

Disciplina

361.610941

324.40941

Soggetti

Communication in politics

Political Communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: SOCIAL MOVEMENT-VOTER INTERACTION: AN EMERGING FIELD -- Chapter 2: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AS ELECTORAL ACTORS -- Chapter 3: MOVEMENT-VOTER INTERACTION 2015-2019 GENERAL ELECTIONS -- Chapter 4: MOVEMENTS, MANIFESTOS AND THE MEDIA -- Chapter 5: CONCLUSION.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the interrelatedness of social movements and elections and develops the theoretical dimension of movement-voter interaction. It posits that social movements engage in communicative tactics during elections to highlight specific issues and to convey ideas, values and beliefs to the voter. Applying methodological tools from political discourse analysis, the book considers the breadth of on- and offline tactics employed by the UK movement groups The People's Assembly Against Austerity and Extinction Rebellion in the 2015, 2017 and 2019 general elections. The book argues the case for social movement-voter interaction as a key aspect of social movement and political communication research. Abi Rhodes is an early career researcher and Honorary Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham, UK, in the Department of Cultural, Media and Visual Studies. Her academic research and publications examine the interrelationship of socialmovement communicative tactics, the



mainstream media, and the political landscape in general election campaigns. .