State-Sponsored Activism - Bureaucrats and Social Movements in Democratic Brazil

Informationen zum Autor Jessica Rich is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Marquette University, Wisconsin. She has also held positions as a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and as a postdoctoral fellow at Tulane University's Center for Inter-American Policy and Research. Klappentext Through a study of AIDS policy, this book introduces a new model of state-society relations in democratic Brazil. Zusammenfassung State-Sponsored Activism proposes a new model of state-society relations! and explains how social movements can survive over time without falling prey to co-optation. For a broad audience of students! scholars! and policymakers! this is a definitive text for those interested in learning about Brazil's movement to fight HIV/AIDS. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. A new approach to studying civil society; 2. Grievances, resources, and opportunities: the initial success of Brazil's AIDS movement; 3. Transformations in the state; 4. Expanding the movement from above; 5. Expanding the movement from below; 6. A new model of social-movement mobilization; 7. Re-examining state-society relations in the twenty-first century.

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• Authors: Jessica Rich, Jessica (Marquette University Rich, Jessica A J Rich, Jessica A. J. Rich, Jessica A. J. (Marquette University Rich
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781108470889
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47088-9
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ethnic Studies, Brazil, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Political activism, Political science & theory, Comparative Politics, Political science and theory, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Political activism / Political engagement