The place occupied by Kurds in Turkish society has changed remarkably in recent years. Around the turn of the millennium, the Turkish state still denied their very existence, whereas now Kurdish parties are seen as key parts of Turkish political life. This book uses the situation of the Kurds in Turkey as a case study for attempting to understand the conditions that foster nonviolent civic engagement in emerging civil societies. How and why did the Kurds choose participation over rebellion, discarding the violent approach of the PKK and opting instead for organization within the structures of...
The place occupied by Kurds in Turkish society has changed remarkably in recent years. Around the turn of the millennium, the Turkish state still deni...
Since the early nineteenth century, numerous campaigns have denounced the mistreatment of animals.Originally published in French as La cause animale, this book compares the British and French histories of the animal-protection movement to retrace its origins and assess its impact up to the present day. As Christophe Traini shows, the struggle for animal rights inextricably linked to the rise of philanthropy and established long before the birth of the ecology movement developed out of several important social and political processes, including changes in sensibilities and socially...
Since the early nineteenth century, numerous campaigns have denounced the mistreatment of animals.Originally published in French as La cause animal...
The past few years have seen an unexpected resurgence of street-level protest movements around the world, from the uprisings of the Arab Spring to the rise of the anti-austerity Indignados in Spain and Greece to the global spread of the Occupy movement. This collection is designed to offer a comparative analysis of these movements, setting them in international, socioeconomic and crosscultural perspective in order to help us understand why movements emerge, what they do, how they spread, and how they fit into both local and worldwide historical contexts. As the most significant wave of mass...
The past few years have seen an unexpected resurgence of street-level protest movements around the world, from the uprisings of the Arab Spring to the...
Research on social movements has historically focused on the traditional weapons of the working class, especially labor strikes and street demonstrations but everyday actions, such as eating or singing, which can also be turned into a means of protest, have yet to be fully explored. Originally published as La greve de la faim by Johanna SimeantandLa musique en colere by Christophe Traini, Bodies in Protest is an interdisciplinary and comparative history of these modes of action thatreveals how hunger strikes and music ranging from gospel songs to rock anthems can...
Research on social movements has historically focused on the traditional weapons of the working class, especially labor strikes and street demonstrati...
Recent years have seen a new development in the growth and spread of popular protest: protests that began as local, homogeneous events such as Occupy Wall Street or the protests of the Arab Spring quickly left their original locations, and local specificity, behind and became global. This book looks at the development of this wave of protests, with a specific eye on protests against austerity and neoliberal economic policies, and offers a global view, covering events in Turkey, Brazil, Venezuela, South Africa, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, and other locations."
Recent years have seen a new development in the growth and spread of popular protest: protests that began as local, homogeneous events such as Occupy ...
We re in an era of ever increasing attention to animal rights, and activism around the issue is growing more widespread and prominent. In this volume, Kerstin Jacobsson and Jonas Lindblom use the animal rights movement in Sweden to offer the first analysis of social movements through the lens of Emil Durkheim s sociology of morality. By positing social movements as essentially a moral phenomenon and morality itself as a social fact the book complements more structural, cultural, or strategic action based approaches, even as it also demonstrates the continuing value of classical sociological...
We re in an era of ever increasing attention to animal rights, and activism around the issue is growing more widespread and prominent. In this volume,...
This book analyses the role of activist practices in the building of collective identities for social movement studies as well as the role of festivals as significant repertoires of collective action and sites of identitarian explorations in contemporary Europe.
This book analyses the role of activist practices in the building of collective identities for social movement studies as well as the role of festival...
This book studies the life trajectories of protestors during the May '68 civil uprising in France, using statistics and personal narratives to analyse how this activism arose, its impact, and its transmission through generations.
This book studies the life trajectories of protestors during the May '68 civil uprising in France, using statistics and personal narratives to analyse...
