Civic Activism Unleashed - New Hope Or False Dawn for Democracy?

List of contents

• Chapter 1: Introduction


• Chapter 2: The changing shape of civic activism


• Chapter 3: The spread of global protests


• Chapter 4: How effective have protests been?


• Chapter 5: New versus old civic activism: rivals or allies?


• Chapter 6: Digital activism: game changer or chimera?


• Chapter 7: Boon or bane for global democracy?


• Chapter 8: International support for civic activism


• Chapter 9: Activists at risk


• Chapter 10: Conclusion

About the author

Richard Youngs is Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Professor of International Relations at the University of Warwick, UK. He is author of 12 books, including Europe Reset and Europe's Eastern Crisis most recently.

Summary

Mass protest and other forms of activism are spreading around the world. The book examines why this is happening and what implications such dynamic new activism has for global politics.

Additional text

Youngs has identified and examined a novel and vitally important political phenomenon ... a very useful introductory tour d'horizon of new types of civic movement which will be of interest to many scholars, policy makers and students.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Youngs, Richard (Senior Fellow Youngs
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.01.2019
• EAN: 9780190931704
• ISBN: 978-0-19-093170-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Carnegie Endowment for Intl Peace
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education