Description du produit
- Catégories: Citoyenneté, Démocratie
- Editeur: OUP - Oxford University Press
- ISBN: 9780190931704
- Date de publication: 24/01/2019
- Reliure : Broché
- Nombre de page : 192
- Langue: Anglais
Résumé
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.
Table des matières
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