Cycling activism : bike politics and social movements / Peter Cox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cox, Peter, author.

Series:

Mobilization series on social movements, protest, and culture

The mobilization series on social movements, protest, and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social movements--Case studies.

Social movements.

Cycling--Political aspects--Case studies.

Cycling.

Cycling--Social aspects--Case studies.

Cycling--Political aspects.

Cycling--Social aspects.

Genre:

Case studies

Physical Description:

xxi, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.

Summary:

"The first full-length study of cycling activism through the lens of social movement theory, this book demonstrates that, despite tremendous differences, bike activism can be understood as a continuous and connected activity spanning a century and a half and across continents. With examples from street protest to institutional lobbying, it emphasises cycling’s current central importance to zero carbon transport futures, while showing that cycling activism is also not always about the bike or the cyclist, as successive generations of activists have used cycling to articulate different visions of freedom and autonomy. Moving from a consideration of social movement theory as a means to understand cycling activism, the author presents a series of case studies of collective action, organisations, networks and campaigns in order to illustrate and elaborate a theoretical model through which diverse campaigns and approaches to change can be understood. As such, Cycling Activism will appeal to those with interests in mobilisation for social change, mobility and transport studies, and social movement theory, as well as cycling studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

0367535017

9780367535018

0367535025

9780367535025

OCLC:

1370001860