Description: Civic Activism Unleashed : New Hope or False Dawn for Democracy?, Hardcover by Youngs, Richard, ISBN 0190931701, ISBN-13 9780190931704, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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.
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Book Title: Civic Activism Unleashed : New Hope or False Dawn for Democracy?
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Civic Activism Unleashed : New Hope or False Dawn for Democracy?
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2019
Item Height: 1 in
Subject: Political Process / General, Web / Social Media, History & Theory, Social History, General, Political Ideologies / Democracy
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Subject Area: Computers, Political Science, History
Author: Richard Youngs
Item Length: 6.3 in
Series: Carnegie Endowment for Intl Peace Ser.
Item Width: 9.4 in
Format: Hardcover
