The WholeWorld is Texting : Youth Protest in the Information Age / edited by Irving Epstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Epstein, Irving, 1951- Editor.

Series:

Pittsburgh Studies in Comparative and International Education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Local Subjects:

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2015.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Irving Epstein

Introduction / Irving Epstein

Dynamics of Mobilization during Gezi Park Protests in Turkey / Yusuf Sarfati

Cyberactivism and Ongoing Political Transformation / Sahar Khamis and Nada Alwadi

Student Activism, Social Media and Authoritarian Rule in Iran / Saeid Golkar

No Turning Back, Neoliberalism Exposed / Irving Epstein

Remixing Riot / Michael Mead Yaqub and Iveta Silova

Adjusting the Margins / William A. Munro

The Election Facebook (Almost) Won / Lawrence Finsen

Politically Indifferent Nationalists? / Fengshu Liu

Conclusion / Irving Epstein

Notes on Contributors / Irving Epstein

Index / Irving Epstein.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

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ISBN:

9789463000550

9463000550

OCLC:

912505169