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Informationen zum Autor W. Lance Bennett is Ruddick C. Lawrence Professor of Communication and Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he is also director of the Center for Communication and Civic Engagement (www.engagedcitizen.org). His research and writing addresses how communication processes and technologies can enhance citizen engagement with politics and social life. Bennett has received the Ithiel de Sola Pool Lectureship and the Murray Edelman Distinguished Career Award from the American Political Science Association; a Doctor of Philosophy, honoris causa, from Uppsala University; the Olof Palme Visiting Professorship in Sweden; and the National Communication Association Distinguished Scholar career award. Alexandra Segerberg is a Research Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University and Associate Editor of the ECPR Press, the publishing imprint of the European Consortium of Political Research. Her research centers on philosophical, political and empirical theories of collective action. Klappentext The Logic of Connective Action shows how political action is coordinated and power is organized in communication-based networks, and what political outcomes may result. "Bennett and Segerberg bring generations of social scientific thought about collective action and contentious politics up to date, placing communication, networks, and the personalization of politics in the theoretical spotlight. In their innovative and theoretically fresh analysis, they distinguish organization-driven collective action from two forms of connective action, in which organizations broker but do not organize, and action arises even in the absence of central organization. This engaging and rich volume is an essential contribution to the understanding of contentious politics and social movements across disciplines." - Bruce Bimber, University of California, Santa Barbara "The relationship between digital media and political mobilization is one of the most urgent and compelling issues of our era. In this superb book, Lance Bennett and Alexandra Segerberg explain how the web and social media are powerful mechanisms for political organization, while also revealing the forces that may blunt digital media's impact. This theoretically sophisticated, meticulously researched, and hugely exciting book will change the way you think about how people join together to fight for political change. The Logic of Connective Action is a work of brilliance, and an instant classic." - Andrew Chadwick, Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the New Political Communication Unit, Royal Holloway, University of London "From the Arab Spring to the Occupy movement, from Turkey to Brazil, rapid and unexpected mass mobilizations keep surprising and fascinating us. Combing original thinking with rich empirical evidence, Lance Bennet and Alexandra Segerberg have written a path-breaking volume on the logics of connective action that allow for those impressive protests. Covering a broad range of transnational protest campaigns, they convincingly show the diverse ways in which new technologies can be used by different actors, responding to and promoting social and political innovations." - Donatella della Porta, European University Institute "Combining careful empirical research with bold theorizing about the nature of 'connective action,' Bennett and Segerberg set a new standard for the systematic analysis of the role of digital communication in contentious politics. They fashion a deliberate path between conservative ('there is nothing new here') and optimistic ('the Internet has revolutionized everything') interpretations of the new digital communication. Arguing that while much contemporary activism still resembles the protest politics of old, they show that digital media have shared the work of mobilizing and organizing and, in some cases, do more of it than formal organiza...
