Wired and Mobilizing
Social Movements, New Technology, and Electoral Politics
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Elections, Computers, Internet, Social Science, Sociology
| Author: | Victoria Carty | ISBN: | 9781136908033 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | September 13, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Victoria Carty |
| ISBN: | 9781136908033 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | September 13, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
This book highlights how online networking offers potential for new forms of activist mobilizing, repertoires, participatory democracy, direct action, fundraising, and civic engagement. It calls for a re-conceptualization of some of the main tenets of contentious and electoral politics, which were originally constructed to describe and analyze face-to-face forms of mobilization, in order to more accurately analyze contemporary forms of protest, electoral processes, and civil society organizing.
This book highlights how online networking offers potential for new forms of activist mobilizing, repertoires, participatory democracy, direct action, fundraising, and civic engagement. It calls for a re-conceptualization of some of the main tenets of contentious and electoral politics, which were originally constructed to describe and analyze face-to-face forms of mobilization, in order to more accurately analyze contemporary forms of protest, electoral processes, and civil society organizing.
