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Social Movements, 1768 - 2012

By: Charles Tilly,Lesley J. Wood

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The updated and expanded third edition of Tilly's widely acclaimed book brings this analytical history of social movements fully up to date. Tilly and Wood cover such recent topics as the economic crisis and related protest actions around the globe while maintaining their attention to perennially important issues such as immigrants' rights, new media technologies, and the role of bloggers and Facebook in social movement activities. With new coverage of colonialism and its impact on movement formation as well as coverage and analysis of the 2011 Arab Spring, this new edition of Social Movements adds more historical depth while capturing a new cycle of contention today. New to the Third Edition Expanded discussion of the Facebook revolution-and the significance of new technologies for social movements Analysis of current struggles-including the Arab Spring and pro-democracy movements in Egypt and Tunisia, Arizona's pro- and anti-immigration movements, the Tea Party, and the movement inspired by Occupy Wall Street Expanded discussion of the way the emergence of capitalism affected the emergence of the social movement.

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1317251938

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Social Movements, 1768 - 2018

By: Charles Tilly,Ernesto Castañeda,Lesley J. Wood

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Social Movements, 1768 - 2018

By: Charles Tilly,Ernesto Castañeda,Lesley J. Wood

Social Movements 1768-2018 provides the most comprehensive historical account of the birth and spread of social movements. Renowned social scientist Charles Tilly applies his synthetic theoretical skills to explain the evolution of social movements across time and space in an accessible manner full of historical vignettes and examples. Tilly explains why social movements are but a type of contentious politics to decrease categorical inequalities. Questions addressed include what are the implications of globalization and new technologies for social movements, and what are the prospects for social movements? The overall argument includes data from mobilizations in England, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Russia, China, India, Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Egypt, Tunisia, Iran, Iraq, and Kazakhstan. This new edition has been fully updated and revised with young researchers and students in mind. New case studies focus on social movements in Mexico, Spain, and the United States including Black Lives Matter, immigrants’ rights struggles, The Indignados, the Catalan movement for independence, #YoSoy132, Ayotzinapa43, mass incarceration and prisoner rights, and more. Timelines are included to familiarise the reader with the events discussed and discussion questions are framed to increase understanding of the implications, limits, and importance of historical and ongoing social movements.

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1000024164

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Direct Action, Deliberation, and Diffusion

Collective Action After the WTO Protests in Seattle

By: Lesley J. Wood

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Direct Action, Deliberation, and Diffusion

Collective Action After the WTO Protests in Seattle

By: Lesley J. Wood

This book explores why new social movement tactics spread to some places and not others.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107020719

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Social Movements, 1768-2008

By: Charles Tilly,Lesley J. Wood

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Social Movements, 1768-2008

By: Charles Tilly,Lesley J. Wood

This expanded second edition of Tilly's widely acclaimed 2004 book brings this analytical history of social movements fully up to date. Tilly and Wood cover such recent topics as immigrants' rights, new media technologies, anti-Olympic organizing in China, new mobilizations against the Iraq War, and the role of bloggers and Facebook in social movement activities. Coverage of these and other recent events serve to expand further the book's seminal theorizing and conceptualization of how social movements grew from eighteenth-century Europe to eventually fuel popular movements all over the world.

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1317251873

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Participatory Action Learning and Action Research

Theory, Practice and Process

By: Lesley Wood

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Participatory Action Learning and Action Research

Theory, Practice and Process

By: Lesley Wood

Participatory Action Learning and Action Research offers a concise yet comprehensive explanation of the theory, practice and process of this emerging paradigm, methodology and theory of learning. PALAR is a transformative, collaborative and democratic process for resolving complex problems within the context of sustainable professional, organisational and community development. The book draws on real-life examples from socially and economically challenged contexts, and features critical reflections on the strengths and challenges of this evolving methodology in relation to the increased interest in community engagement and project-based learning among institutions of higher education. Analysing theory in the context of sustainable professional, organisational and community development, this book: Provides a comprehensive, research-based manual on the use of PALAR within actual research projects. Explains a means of engaging in research that promotes the mobilisation of human potential relevant in a rapidy changing society. Addresses the challenges of doing participatory research within institutions. Provides applied, specific examples of how PALAR can be adapted for use in socially and economically challenged contexts, typical of developing economies. Offers critical reflections by researchers and community participants on the challenges and uses of PALAR. Innovative, and offering clarity on ethics and research questions, Participatory Action Learning and Action Research will be of interest to both emerging and experienced researchers looking to bring about change at a personal, professional, organisational or community level.

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0429805675

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Living with HIV and Dying with AIDS

Diversity, Inequality and Human Rights in the Global Pandemic

By: Lesley Doyal

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Living with HIV and Dying with AIDS

Diversity, Inequality and Human Rights in the Global Pandemic

By: Lesley Doyal

There is now a vast literature on HIV and AIDS but much of it is based on traditional biomedical or epidemiological approaches. Hence it tells us very little about the experiences of the millions of people whose living and dying constitute the reality of this devastating pandemic. Doyal brings together findings from a wide range of empirical studies spanning the social sciences to explore experiences of HIV positive people across the world. This will illustrate how the disease is physically manifested and psychologically internalised by individuals in diverse ways depending on the biological, social, cultural and economic circumstances in which they find themselves. A proper understanding of these commonalities and differences will be essential if future strategies are to be effective in mitigating the effects of HIV and AIDS. Doyal shows that such initiatives will also require a better appreciation of the needs and rights of those affected within the wider context of global inequalities and injustices. Finally, she outlines approaches to address these challenges. This book will appeal to everyone involved in struggles to improve the well-being of those with HIV and AIDS. While academically rigorous, it is written in an accessible manner that transcends specific disciplines and, through its extensive bibliography, provides diverse source material for future teaching, learning and research.

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1317103890

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My School

Listening to parents, teachers and students from a disadvantaged educational setting

By: Lesley Scanlon

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My School

Listening to parents, teachers and students from a disadvantaged educational setting

By: Lesley Scanlon

Education issues feature almost daily in print media, online, on the radio and on television, much of which focuses on the perceived deficits of students and teachers. Singled out for special attention are low socio-economic status (SES) schools which are frequently characterised by teachers and students with little investment in learning and teaching. Yet within this plethora of educational discussion there is no contemporary, longitudinal study of what it means to learn and teach in a disadvantaged school within the policy context of the ‘education revolution’ in Australia. Drawing on 500 interviews conducted over a four period with the Principal, parents, teachers and students at a regional low SES school, this book challenges the profile of one school as represented on the ‘My School’ website which publishes the results of National Assessment Program in Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). Chapters situate the original research within an international and national educational context, before exploring topics including leadership and management, student behaviour, constructs of the ‘good teacher’, the involvement of parents in school and the ‘digital revolution’. The book closes with an appraisal of the major themes that emerged from the multiple perspectives of the study. This is the first book to provide a longitudinal ethnographic study of a school in Australia, which examines the impact of the ‘education revolution’ on the Principal, parents, teachers and students. It comprehensively challenges the official ‘My School’ representation of a low SES school and will appeal to researchers in education, as well as those involved in postgraduate teacher education and sociology courses, both from Australia and internationally.

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113459061X

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A Participatory Paradigm for an Engaged Scholarship in Higher Education

Action Leadership from a South African Perspective

By: Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt,Lesley Wood,Ina Louw

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A Participatory Paradigm for an Engaged Scholarship in Higher Education

Action Leadership from a South African Perspective

By: Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt,Lesley Wood,Ina Louw

This book provides a comprehensive conceptual framework, case studies, workshop processes and designs for academic development programs supported by two key concepts: Participatory Action Learning and Action Research (PALAR)—a conceptual integration of action learning and participatory action research—and action leadership.

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BRILL

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9463001840

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Book's by Lesley J. Wood

Social Movements, 1768 - 2012

Social Movements, 1768 - 2012

Social Movements, 1768 - 2018

Social Movements, 1768 - 2018

Direct Action, Deliberation, and Diffusion

Direct Action, Deliberation, and Diffusion

Social Movements, 1768-2008

Social Movements, 1768-2008

Participatory Action Learning and Action Research

Participatory Action Learning and Action Research

Living with HIV and Dying with AIDS

Living with HIV and Dying with AIDS

My School

My School

A Participatory Paradigm for an Engaged Scholarship in Higher Education

A Participatory Paradigm for an Engaged Scholarship in Higher Education

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