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The authors of this volume address multiple questions involving the nature of youth protest in the twenty-first century. Through their use of a case study approach, they comment upon the ways in which youth protest has been influenced by the electronic and social media and evaluate the effectiveness...
| Other Authors: | Epstein, Irving, 1951-, SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Rotterdam :
SensePublishers,
2015.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xvi, 233 pages). |
| Series: |
Pittsburgh studies in comparative and international education ;
volume 5. |
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| Summary: |
The authors of this volume address multiple questions involving the nature of youth protest in the twenty-first century. Through their use of a case study approach, they comment upon the ways in which youth protest has been influenced by the electronic and social media and evaluate the effectiveness of protest activities, many of which were framed in reaction to neo-liberalism and state authoritarianism. A number of the authors further comment upon the utility of employing social movement theory to analyze the nature and character of protest actions, while others situate such events within specific political, social and cultural contexts. The case studies focus upon protest activities in Bahrain, Turkey, Iran, Cambodia, South Africa, China, Russia, Chile, Spain, and the U.S., and together, they offer a comparative analysis of an important global phenomenon. In so doing, the authors further address issues involving the changing nature of globalized protest participation, its immediate and long-term consequences, and the ways in which protests have encouraged a re-evaluation of the nature of inequality, as constructed within educational, social, and political spheres. |
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| Item Description: |
The authors of this volume address multiple questions involving the nature of youth protest in the twenty-first century. Through their use of a case study approach, they comment upon the ways in which youth protest has been influenced by the electronic and social media and evaluate the effectiveness of protest activities, many of which were framed in reaction to neo-liberalism and state authoritarianism. A number of the authors further comment upon the utility of employing social movement theory to analyze the nature and character of protest actions, while others situate such events within specific political, social and cultural contexts. The case studies focus upon protest activities in Bahrain, Turkey, Iran, Cambodia, South Africa, China, Russia, Chile, Spain, and the U.S., and together, they offer a comparative analysis of an important global phenomenon. In so doing, the authors further address issues involving the changing nature of globalized protest participation, its immediate and long-term consequences, and the ways in which protests have encouraged a re-evaluation of the nature of inequality, as constructed within educational, social, and political spheres. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES & TABLES -- FIGURES -- TABLE -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS -- SERIES EDITORS INTRODUCTION -- 1. INTRODUCTION: The Global Dimensions of Contemporary Global Youth Protest -- GLOBALIZATION -- NEO-LIBERALISM -- SOCIAL MEDIA, THE INTERNET, AND THE INFORMATION AGE -- SOCIAL MOVEMENT THEORY -- YOUTH AND EDUCATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 2. DYNAMICS OF MOBILIZATION DURING GEZI PARK PROTESTS IN TURKEY -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- Collective Action Frames and Framing Contests -- The Role of the Media. CONSTITUENTS OF THE NEW FACE OF POLITICS IN THE GEZI PARK PROTESTS -- COLLECTIVE ACTION FRAMES -- NEW REPERTOIRES OF CONTENTION -- COUNTERFRAMES -- SOCIAL MEDIA AS NETWORKS OF ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNICATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- NOTES -- 3. CYBERACTIVISM AND ONGOING POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION: The Case of Bahrain -- INTRODUCTION -- "CYBERACTIVISM" AND THE "ARAB SPRING" -- THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE IN BAHRAIN BEFORE AND AFTER 2011 -- THE RISE OF "CYBERACTVISM" AND CITIZEN JOURNALISM IN BAHRAIN -- THE RISE OF INDEPENDENT AND ALTERNATIVE MEDIA IN BAHRAIN. THE TRANSFORMATIVE POLITICAL AND MEDIA LANDSCAPES IN BAHRAIN -- The Constraints on Social Media in Bahrain -- SOCIAL MEDIA AS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR BAHRAINI WOMEN ACTIVISTS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- 4. STUDENT ACTIVISM, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND AUTHORITARIAN RULE IN IRAN -- INTRODUCTION -- SOCIAL NON-MOVEMENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA -- HISTORY OF STUDENT ACTIVISM IN IRAN (1979-2013) -- Student Activism under the Reform Period (1997-2004) -- Student Activism and the Internet in Iran -- Student Activism under Hardliners 2005-2013 -- Student Activism, Social Media and the Green Movement 2009. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- NOTES -- 5. NO TURNING BACK, NEO-LIBERALISM EXPOSED: Youth Protest in Chile, Spain and the U.S. -- CHILE -- Historical Overview -- The Penguin Revolution and the Prelude to 2011 -- The Chilean Winter -- Analysis -- SPAIN AND THE INDIGNADOS MOVEMENT -- Spanish Popular Democracy in 2011 -- Analysis -- THE U.S. OCCUPY MOVEMENT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- NOTES -- 6. REMIXING RIOT: The Reappropriation of Pussy Riot through User-Generated Imagery across the Russian Internet -- INTRODUCTION. SITUATING PUSSY RIOT: THE PAST AND PRESENT OF PROTEST ART IN RUSSIA -- REMIXING RIOT: THE PROMISE AND PERILS OF ACTIVISM THROUGH PARTICIPATORY MEDIA -- The Contestation of Politics through User-Generated Content -- ANALYZING PUSSY RIOT: METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- REMIXING PUSSY RIOT: FINDINGS -- Art or Bezdarnostj (Untalented) -- Saints or Satans -- Insiders (Svoi) and Outsiders (Chuzhiye) -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- NOTES -- 7. ADJUSTING THE MARGINS: Poor People's Mobilization in Post-Apartheid South Africa -- POST-APARTHEID MOBILIZATION -- NETWORKS, COMMUNITIES, AND SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xvi, 233 pages). |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789463000550 9463000550 |