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Author : Olivier Fillieule
Release : 2019-01-03
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Activists Forever? by : Olivier Fillieule
Download or read book Activists Forever? written by Olivier Fillieule. This book was released on 2019-01-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a global array of case studies, this collection explores the consequences of political involvement on an individual's life.
Author : Erik Neveu
Release : 2019-01-03
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 461/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Activists Forever? by : Erik Neveu
Download or read book Activists Forever? written by Erik Neveu. This book was released on 2019-01-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Activists Forever? explores the consequences of political involvement on an individual's life. While much of the research in this area has focused on the motivations of entire protests groups, the editors of this volume propose an approach that focuses on actors. This book examines political involvement's socio-biographical effects, or the ways in which political commitment generates or modifies dispositions to act, think, and perceive, in a way that is either consistent with or in contrast to the results of previous socialization. The contents explore what political involvement leads to rather than what causes involvement. Using a variety of case studies, this collection of essays provides global coverage with a focus on participation in major protests in the 1960s and significantly broadens our understanding by looking outside the United States. These essays look at the lasting effects of activists' knowledge, connections, and symbolic capital on their future participation in politics, as well as their personal and professional lives.
Author : Michael Liu
Release : 2020
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Forever Struggle by : Michael Liu
Download or read book Forever Struggle written by Michael Liu. This book was released on 2020. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinatown has a long history in Boston. Though little documented, it represents the city's most sustained neighborhood effort to survive during eras of hostility and urban transformation. It has been wounded and transformed, slowly ceding ground; at the same time, its residents and organizations have gained a more prominent voice over their community's fate. In writing about Boston Chinatown's long history, Michael Liu, a lifelong activist and scholar of the community, charts its journey and efforts for survival -- from its emergence during a time of immigration and deep xenophobia to the highway construction and urban renewal projects that threatened the neighborhood after World War II to its more recent efforts to keep commercial developers at bay. At the ground level, Liu depicts its people, organizations, internal battles, and varied and complex strategies against land-taking by outside institutions and public authorities. The documented courage, resilience, and ingenuity of this low-income immigrant neighborhood of color have earned it a place amongst our urban narratives. Chinatown has much to teach us about neighborhood agency, the power of organizing, and the prospects of such neighborhoods in rapidly growing and changing cities.
Author : Steven H. Jaffe
Release : 2018-05
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Activist New York by : Steven H. Jaffe
Download or read book Activist New York written by Steven H. Jaffe. This book was released on 2018-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Activist New York surveys New York City's long history of social activism from the 1650's to the 2010's. Bringing these passionate histories alive, Activist New York is a visual exploration of these movements, serving as a companion book to the highly-praised Museum of the City of New York exhibition of the same name. New York's primacy as a metropolis of commerce, finance, industry, media, and ethnic diversity has given it a unique and powerfully influential role in the history of American and global activism. Steven H. Jaffe explores how New York's evolving identities as an incubator and battleground for activists have made it a "machine for change." In responding to the city as a site of slavery, immigrant entry, labor conflicts, and wealth disparity, New Yorkers have repeatedly challenged the status quo. Activist New York brings to life the characters who make up these vibrant histories, including David Ruggles, an African American shopkeeper who helped enslaved fugitives on the city's Underground Railroad during the 1830s; Clara Lemlich, a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant who helped spark the 1909 "Uprising of 20,000" that forever changed labor relations in the city's booming garment industry; and Craig Rodwell, Karla Jay, and others who forged a Gay Liberation movement both before and after the Stonewall Riot of June 1969. Permanent exhibition: Puffin Foundation Gallery, Museum of the City of New York, USA.
Author : Judith Montell
Release : 1992
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Book Synopsis Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abragam Lincoln Brigade by : Judith Montell
Download or read book Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abragam Lincoln Brigade written by Judith Montell. This book was released on 1992. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
