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Direct action, deliberation, and diffusion : collective action after the WTO protests in Seattle /
"What are the micro-level interactions and conversations that underlie successful and failed diffusion? By comparing the spread of direct action tactics from the 1999 Global Justice Movement protests against the World Trade Organization in Seattle to grassroots activists in Toronto and New York...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in contentious politics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "What are the micro-level interactions and conversations that underlie successful and failed diffusion? By comparing the spread of direct action tactics from the 1999 Global Justice Movement protests against the World Trade Organization in Seattle to grassroots activists in Toronto and New York, Lesley Wood argues that dynamics of deliberation among local activists both aided and blocked diffusion. To analyze the localization of this cycle of protest, the research brings together rich ethnography, interviews, social network analysis and catalogs of protest events. The findings suggest that when diverse activists with different perspectives can discuss innovations in a reflexive, egalitarian manner, they are more likely to make strategic and meaningful choices"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 186 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-172) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139380379 1139380370 9781139377515 1139377515 9781139105859 113910585X 1139366351 9781139366359 9786613633736 6613633739 1139378945 9781139378949 1139372092 9781139372091 |