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The WholeWorld is Texting

Youth Protest in the Information Age

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Irving Epstein

    1. Illinois Wesleyan University, USA

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  • This volume provides a unique perspective by comparing contemporary youth protest in a number of countries through analyzing its importance with reference to the forces of globalization and neo-liberalism, the influence of social and electronic media, and the significance of social movement theory; there are few alternative publications that are as comprehensive in their theoretical analysis and cover so many cases, some of which have received little attention within a western audience and others, while prominent, have not been framed within a comparative context.

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Irving Epstein
    Pages 1-24

  3. Dynamics of Mobilization During Gezi Park Protests in Turkey

    • Yusuf Sarfati
    Pages 25-43

  4. Cyberactivism and Ongoing Political Transformation

    • Sahar Khamis, Nada Alwadi
    Pages 45-60

  5. Student Activism, Social Media, and Authoritarian Rule in Iran

    • Saeid Golkar
    Pages 61-79

  6. No Turning Back, Neo-Liberalism Exposed

    • Irving Epstein
    Pages 81-113

  7. Remixing Riot

    • Michael Mead Yaqub, Iveta Silova
    Pages 115-136

  8. Adjusting the Margins

    • William A. Munro, Iveta Silova
    Pages 137-159

  9. The Election Facebook (Almost) Won

    • Lawrence Finsen
    Pages 161-195

  10. Politically Indifferent Nationalists?

    • Fengshu Liu
    Pages 197-213

  11. Conclusion

    • Irving Epstein
    Pages 215-223

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 225-233
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The authors of this volume address multiple questions involving the nature of youth protest in the twenty-first century. Through their use of a case study approach, they comment upon the ways in which youth protest has been influenced by the electronic and social media and evaluate the effectiveness of protest activities, many of which were framed in reaction to neo-liberalism and state authoritarianism. A number of the authors further comment upon the utility of employing social movement theory to analyze the nature and character of protest actions, while others situate such events within specific political, social and cultural contexts. The case studies focus upon protest activities in Bahrain, Turkey, Iran, Cambodia, South Africa, China, Russia, Chile, Spain, and the U.S., and together, they offer a comparative analysis of an important global phenomenon. In so doing, the authors further address issues involving the changing nature of globalized protest participation, its immediate and long-term consequences, and the ways in which protests have encouraged a re-evaluation of the nature of inequality, as constructed within educational, social, and political spheres.

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  • Illinois Wesleyan University, USA

    Irving Epstein

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