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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"New Social Movements"”.
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Ideology and normative belief in new social movements
… is on goal-oriented protest participation, like new social movements. The main goal of this paper is to find factor solutions for the movements to establish patterns concerning overall attitudes towards new social movements. Causal models will be developed for Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, …
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New social movements, Claus Offe, and environmental groups in British Columbia
New Social Movement Theory characterizes post 1960's protest movements such as the peace, environment and women's movement as being distinctively different from older movements such as the workers movement. The salient differences are in the social bases from which the movements draw their …
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New social movements and social networking sites' uses: Mexicans' mobilization for peace in Mexico
… on the ground using internet, mobile phones, and social media. These events have triggered a discussion not only about the political changes taking place in the region but have also opened up an academic debate about what changes and transformations may have occurred in the nature of citizens' …
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New social movements in France and West Germany: their activists and conditions for their development
In this paper, new social movements in France and West Germany are compared in terms of their supporters, and in terms of certain elements of the political and administrative conditions which they are confronting. On the basis of survey data from 1982, specific attributes of supporters of new …
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South Africa's new social movements and their approach to the liberal-democratic state : differences and possibilities
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 150-158).
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The atomisation of the American Left: The unravelling of collectivism in protesting United States’ Foreign Policy
… question: has the rise of postmodernism and the New Social Movements essentially undermined and “individuated” the traditionally collectivist American Left? The thesis seeks to address the shift of degree, if any, of the American Left’s character as a collective force of dissent regarding, …
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An Analysis of Tolerance Variation Among Adherents to Feminist, Environmentalist and Gay Rights Principles
… society, whereby the means and ends of social production are social, and the production and reproduction of knowledge are shaped by reflexivity and continuous reconceptualizations of reality, what it means to be "tolerant" has been subjected to multiple ideologies. Supposedly freed from …
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HOW DO URBAN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS EMERGE AND BRING ABOUT SOCIAL CHANGE: IS FOCUS E15 A REACTION TO AUSTERITY?
… and occupying space to challenge the policies of Newham Council. This group on first appearance can be seen to relate to the academic work of Mario Diani regarding new social movements. Focus E15 use urban space such as was used by the Occupy Movement and through the use of Art and Social Media …
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Understanding Network Governance: A Case Study Exploration of Active Canada 20/20
… towards network forms of governance, a number of new social movements have formed in response to the declining levels of physical activity in the Western world. One such movement is Active Canada 20/20: A Physical Activity Strategy and Change Agenda for Canada. Network governance is employed as …
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THE PROGRESSIVE BLOGOSPHERE AS E-MOVEMENT: IDENTITY, MOBILIZATION, AND THE USER-BASED MODEL
… study of the online progressive blogosphere as a social movement. Previous research into social movement applications of the Internet and computer-mediated communication (CMC) focuses on "street" movement application of Internet resources. These studies find that though Internet applications are a …
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Mao in the Mines: An Anti-Systemic View of New Communist Movement Activity in the Appalachian Coalfields, 1962-1978
… strike. More specifically, I will examine the New Communist Movement's (NCM) role in these strikes, with special emphasis on the Maoist-inspired Progressive Labor (PL)'s participation in the 1962-1963 strikes and the role of the Miner's Right to Strike Committee (MRSC), a project of the …
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The Intersections of Social Activism, Collective Identity, and Artistic Expression in Documentary Filmmaking
… the important intersection of media coverage and social movements, but few have studied the unique role documentary films play in inspiring activism and disseminating the agendas of new social movements. With this in mind, I studied how political strategies and artistic expressions intersect …
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The British Fair Trade Movement, 1960 - 2000: a new form of global citizenship?
… concerned with the development of a Fair Trade social movement in Britain between 1960 – 2000. It situates the analysis of Fair Trade within the context of historical debates about political consumption. It examines the role of the ethical consumer as a political activist and questions whether …
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The Andean Exception: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Absence of Large-Scale Indigenous Social Mobilization in Peru
The study of “new” social movements in Latin America has inspired the work of many scholars from numerous disciplines over the past two decades. In particular, Peru is known among scholars of Latin American indigenous peoples as an exception in the Andes, due to the country’s historical lack of …
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These Days Are Ours: Exploring Young Disabled People's Experiences and Views of the Disabled People's Movement
… to be inclusive, remain committed to the social model of disability and accessible to young disabled people, the DPM must provide young members and newcomers with the resources and support to offer a vision for a new and inclusive society. To achieve this, the social model should be …
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Michel Foucault and the Politics of Coalition, 1968-1980
… is usually associated with particularity and social fragmentation. I show that this is a very partial framing. Across the 1970s, he searched for ways to knit localised campaigns into a joined-up politics at the general level. By drawing out the generalised systems of power which subtended …
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The ‘People’s Movement’ ‘EU Critical Action & Irish Social Activism’
This thesis focuses on ‘EU critical’ social movement activity in Ireland through the lens of one social movement group against the backdrop of three referenda on European treaties over a four year period. I illustrate how grievances are produced and focus on the underlying factors which motivate …
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An examination of the Children’s Rights Alliance (CRA) as a new social movement (NSM) utilising Habermas’ communicative rationality and core periphery theories
… in Ireland. Utilising the theories of New Social Movements (NSM), the thesis will first examine if children’s rights advocacy as evidenced in the work of the Children’s Rights Alliance can be considered a new social movement. Further, utilising Habermas’ theories of communicative …
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