Research in social movements, conflicts and change [[electronic resource] /] / Patrick G. Coy, editor

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Disciplina: 322.39999999999998
• Soggetto topico: Social movements; Social change
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: CoyPatrick G
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: FRONT COVER; RESEARCH IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, CONFLICTS AND CHANGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; PART I: OLD AND NEW MEDIA AND MOBILIZATION; SPREADING THE WORD OR SHAPING THE CONVERSATION: ''PROSUMPTION'' IN PROTEST WEBSITES; INTRODUCTION; THE RISE OF DIGITAL MEDIA AND AMATEUR PRODUCTION; FORMALIZATION, PROFESSIONALIZATION, AND DIGITIZATION IN PROTEST; DATA AND METHODS; FINDINGS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; MEDIA, MOVEMENTS, AND MOBILIZATION: TEA PARTY PROTESTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 2009-2010; THEORY; CASE SELECTION; DATA AND METHOD; RESULTS ; DISCUSSIONLIMITATIONS; FUTURE RESEARCH; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; PART II: ELITES AND ADVANCEMENTS IN RIGHTS; STRATEGIC ACTION FIELDS AND THE CONTEXT OF POLITICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: HOW DISABILITY RIGHTS BECAME PART OF THE POLICY AGENDA; INTRODUCTION; STRATEGIC ACTORS IN STRATEGIC ACTION FIELDS; POLICY COMMUNITIES AND STRATEGIC ACTION FIELDS; SOCIAL SKILL AND POLITICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP; DATA AND METHODS; INNOVATION IN DISABILITY: HOW ENTREPRENEURS IN A SAF PROMOTED A RIGHTS AGENDA; DISCUSSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES ; INCONSISTENCY IN POLICY ELITES' SUPPORT FOR MOVEMENT CLAIMS: FEMINIST ADVOCACY IN TWO REGIONS OF PERUINTRODUCTION; FEMINIST ADVOCACY AND POLITICAL CHANGE IN CONTEMPORARY PERU; BRIDGING POLITICAL AND CULTURAL APPROACHES TO ENHANCE THEORY; METHODOLOGY; PRESENTATION OF THE FINDINGS; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; PART III: PEACEBUILDING PATHOLOGIES AND BEST PRACTICES; PATHOLOGIES IN PEACEBUILDING: DONORS, NGOs, AND COMMUNITY PEACEBUILDING IN CROATIA; INTRODUCTION; NGO FAILURES: EXPLANATIONS; PEACEBUILDING; METHODS AND CASE; PRODUCING DYSFUNCTION ; PATHOLOGIES IN PEACEBUILDINGCOUNTEREXAMPLE: THE CHARLES STUART MOTT FOUNDATION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX: ACRONYMS; ORGANIZATIONAL ADAPTATION AND SURVIVAL IN A HOSTILE AND UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT: PEACEBUILDING ORGANIZATIONS IN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE; INTRODUCTION; ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL MOVEMENT THEORY; PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENTS; METHODOLOGY AND GROUPS STUDIED; ADAPTATION AND SURVIVAL; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; PART IV: CONSENSUS IN OCCUPY AND IN SOCIAL FORUMS ; LEARNING CONSENSUS DECISION-MAKING IN OCCUPY: UNCERTAINTY, RESPONSIBILITY, COMMITMENTOCCUPY MOVEMENT; CONSENSUS; A BRIEF HISTORY OF CONSENSUS IN OCCUPY DAME STREET; LEARNING DECISION-MAKING IN OCCUPY DAME STREET; OCCUPY - ACTING IN AN INTERSTITIAL SPACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; PRACTICES OF LOCAL SOCIAL FORUMS: THE BUILDING OF TACTICAL AND CULTURAL COLLECTIVE ACTION REPERTOIRES; INTRODUCTION: LOCAL SOCIAL FORUM EXPERIENCES; METHODOLOGY; WHY THE LSF LABEL MIGHT BE A MISNOMER; LSF AS A TACTICAL AND CULTURAL REPERTOIRE; LSFS AS PRODUCERS OF NEW SOCIAL TIES ; CONCLUSION: LSFS AS A TACTICAL AND CULTURAL REPERTOIRE OF COLLECTIVE ACTION
• Sommario/riassunto: This latest volume in the august Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change series carries on a long tradition of featuring only the best data-driven and multi-method research upon which useful theory can be painstakingly built. Part one focuses on old and new media platforms and their intersections with mobilization issues, highlighting protest websites and the US Tea Party movement. Part two investigates the roles elites play in advancing movement campaigns for increased rights and decreased inequalities in the US and Peru. The third section spotlights best and worst practices in con
• Titolo autorizzato: Research in social movements, conflicts and change
• ISBN: 1-78190-733-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463092903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change