Guerrilla Democracy - Mobile Power and Revolution in the 21st Century

Combining cutting edge theories with empirical research, this timely book offers an in-depth analysis of current platform-based radical movements to show how digital technologies revolutionise political and economic organising. This is an invaluable contribution to the emerging literature on the relationship between technology and society.

List of contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Introducing Mobile Power and Guerrilla Politics
Chapter 2: Mobile Power
Chapter 3: The Spread of Viral Politics
Chapter 4: Infectious Domination, Contagious Revolutions
Chapter 5: Guerrilla Democracy
Chapter 6: Radical (Im)materialism
Chapter 7: Organic Leadership for Liquid Times
Chapter 8: Mobile Organising in the 21st Century

About the author

Peter Bloom is Senior Lecturer in the Department of People and Organisations at the Open University. His research critically studies contemporary themes of power, politics and ideology. His previous work includes the forthcoming book Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Globalization (Edward Elgar, 2015).

Summary

Combining cutting edge theories with empirical research, this timely book offers an in-depth analysis of current platform-based radical movements to show how digital technologies revolutionise political and economic organising. This is an invaluable contribution to the emerging literature on the relationship between technology and society.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Bloom, Peter (University of Essex) Bloom, Owain Smolovic Jones, Owain (The Open University) Smolovic Jones, Jamie Woodcock, Jamie (The Open University) Woodcock
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781529205640
• ISBN: 978-1-5292-0564-0
• No. of pages: 294
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 450 g
• Series: Organizations and Activism
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous