Civic Activism Unleashed
New Hope or False Dawn for Democracy?
Series: Carnegie Endowment for Intl Peace;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 24 January 2019
- ISBN 9780190931704
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages192 pages
- Size 160x239x25 mm
- Weight 394 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Mass protest and other forms of activism are spreading around the world. The book examines why this is happening and what implications such dynamic new activism has for global politics.
MoreLong description:
One of the signal events in global politics in the last decade has been the transformation of political and civic activism. Not only is the new activism qualitatively different in character from what it was in 2000; its intensity and frequency have dramatically increased. Activists are developing a new type of civic movement, applying innovative forms of direct action against governments and often operating without leaders or even any well-defined set of aims.
In Civic Activism Unleashed, Carnegie scholar Richard Youngs examines the changing shape of contemporary civic activism. He shows how the emerging civic activism has important implications for the whole concept of civil society-and for the relationship between citizens, political institutions, and states. Youngs contends that the rise and spread of these new forms of direct-action civic activism, and the way the trend has driven the dramatic events in global politics in recent years, requires us to update our understanding of what civil society actually is and which types of organizations are in its vanguard. He further looks at the global impact of recent civic activism and offers a set of variables to help explain cases of success and failure. Youngs' larger aim is to explore in depth the new forms of civic activism that are emerging around the world and assess how they differ from more established practices of civil society activity.
Theoretically ambitious and global in scope, Civic Activism Unleashed forces us to reconsider the nature of contemporary social and civic activism and how it is reshaping contentious politics in countries across the world.
Youngs has identified and examined a novel and vitally important political phenomenon ... a very useful introductory tour d'horizon of new types of civic movement which will be of interest to many scholars, policy makers and students.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The changing shape of civic activism
Chapter 3: The spread of global protests
Chapter 4: How effective have protests been?
Chapter 5: New versus old civic activism: rivals or allies?
Chapter 6: Digital activism: game changer or chimera?
Chapter 7: Boon or bane for global democracy?
Chapter 8: International support for civic activism
Chapter 9: Activists at risk
Chapter 10: Conclusion
