Activism & Social Movements

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open Minds Like Ships in the Night with Daniel Yankelovich From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot View New Society Publishers	Polarization is dangerous because it interrupts lines of communicationand leads to gridlock. It stops us from tackling urgent problems because without consensus we cannot take effective action. …	James Hoggan	10	2016	$1.00 Add
From Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open Minds The Advocacy Trap with Roger Conner From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot View New Society Publishers	When we look at the miserable state of public discourse today and how we are polluting the public square, it’s plain to see that many people believe the problem derives from evil on …	James Hoggan	9	2016	$0.90 Add
From Social Capital and Local Development A New Paradigm? From: Illusion or Opportunity View Fernwood Publishing		Henry Veltmeyer	17	2007	$2.72 Add
From NEW! Social Democracy and a Green New Deal PART 3: The System-Changing Frameworks From: Worlds at Stake View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 7 examines the potential role social democracy can play in reshaping the current system, challenging the present neoliberal hegemony with a justice-based Green New Deal to fight the …	Aaron Saad	21	2022	$2.10 Add
From NEW! Social Democracy in a Neo-Liberal Era From: Class Action View Between The Lines	In Social Democracy in a Neo-liberal Era Hanson explores how conditions changed, or failed to change, after the election of Ontario’s first NDP premier. The chapter discusses topics such …	Andy Hanson	20	2021	$2.00 Add
From Social Justice Committee Success in Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers From: Activism That Works View Fernwood Publishing		Derek MacCuish	17	2011	$1.70 Add
From Social Marketing From: Five Good Ideas View Coach House Books	This chapter by Mark Sarner focuses on knowing your market and your brand inside and out, and how to invest your money into it.	Mark Sarner	5	2011	$0.50 Add
From NEW! Social Media Part 4. Getting Your Story Out From: Women Winning Office View Between The Lines	In Social Media Nash explores how social media has revolutionized political engagement in recent years. The chapter explores how social media can be used in campaigning, as effective Social Media …	Peggy Nash	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From Social Movement Learning A Catalyst for Action From: Mobilizations, Protests & Engagements View Fernwood Publishing		Donna M. Chovanec; Elizabeth A. Lange; Lee C. Ellis	17	2008	$1.70 Add
From Social Movement Organizations as a Vehicle for Change From: Take Back the Fight View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter four, Social Movement Organizations as a Vehicle for Change, first unpacks what movement organizations are, looking at the campaign for maternity leave as a case study, and then …	Nora Loreto	18	2020	$1.80 Add
From Social Movements and Countervailing Power in a Time of Empire From: Identity, Place, Knowledge View Fernwood Publishing		Janet M. Conway	19	2004	$1.71 Add
From Social Movements versus the State Political Power Dynamics of Social Change From: Illusion or Opportunity View Fernwood Publishing		Henry Veltmeyer	19	2007	$3.04 Add
From Social Networks The Politics of Planning: Conference Organizing as an Act of Resistance From: Educating for Action View New Society Publishers	This chapter is not about how to build stuffy, compulsory, talkat-you-from-a-podium conferences. Rather, this guide walks you through the process of organizing liberatory gatherings that …	Jenny Grubbs; Michael Loadenthal	17	2014	$1.70 Add
From Social Networks Social Media and Online Organizing From: Educating for Action View New Society Publishers	This chapter provides guidelines for using social media for social change. The first section provides a brief overview of how social media impacts the contemporary world. The second section …	Jeanette Russell	17	2014	$1.70 Add
From Social Protest in the Age of Austerity Prospects for Mass Resistance after the G20 From: Whose Streets? View Between The Lines		David McNally	14	2011	$1.40 Add
NEW! Solidarity Beyond Bars Unionizing Prison Labour	Prisons don’t work, but prisoners do. Prisons are often critiqued as unjust, but we hear little about the daily labour of incarcerated workers — what they do, how they do it, who they …		180		View