Partisan Publics : Communication and Contention across Brazilian Youth Activist Networks /

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During the 1980s and 1990s, Brazil struggled to rebuild its democracy after twenty years of military dictatorship, experiencing financial crises, corruption scandals, political protest, and intense electoral contention. In the midst of this turmoil, Ann Mische argues in this remarkable book, youth a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mische, Ann
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Youth > Political activity.
Student movements.
Politics and government
Political participation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > Judicial Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
Participation politique > Bresil.
Mouvements etudiants > Bresil.
Jeunesse > Activite politique > Bresil.
Political participation > Brazil.
Student movements > Brazil.
Youth > Political activity > Brazil.
Brazil.
Bresil > Politique et gouvernement > 1985-2002.
Brazil > Politics and government > 1985-2002.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:During the 1980s and 1990s, Brazil struggled to rebuild its democracy after twenty years of military dictatorship, experiencing financial crises, corruption scandals, political protest, and intense electoral contention. In the midst of this turmoil, Ann Mische argues in this remarkable book, youth activists of various stripes played a vital and unrecognized role, contributing new forms of political talk and action to Brazil's emerging democracy. Drawing upon extensive and rich ethnography as well as formal network analysis, Mische tracks the lives of young activists through intersect.
Physical Description:1 online resource (456 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400830817

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