Journey Into Social Activism : Qualitative Approaches / Joshua D. Atkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atkinson, Joshua D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 pages)

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Academic study of social activism and social movements has become increasingly prevalent over the years; this is due in large part to the fact that activists have captured public imagination and gained substantial influence in political discourse. For instance, Occupy Wall Street activists, Tea Party activists, and activists affiliated with the Arab Spring have transformed political debates and have become the focus of mainstream news media coverage about a variety of different political topics.Journey into Social Activism explicates the philosophical foundations of the study of activism and illustrates four different research sites in which activism can be observed and studied: organizations, networks, events, and alternative media. The book will introduce students and scholars to important qualitative approaches to the study of social activism within these four research sites.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2016 Front List Collection

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 100071

ISBN:

9780823274130

OCLC:

963953174

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access