Rethinking digital media use for diasporic political participation: An investigation into journalism advocacy, digital activism, and democratic divides (Dissertation summary) by Rana Arafat

“…First, it redefines diaspora journalism in conflict contexts by examining the Syrian journalists’ media advocacy strategies and digital networks that blend activism, human rights advocacy, and social movements. Second, it further identifies five barriers to the digital diasporic political participation of ordinary refugees demonstrating new forms of democratic divides. …”

La pedagogía crítica: Una manera ética de generar procesos educativos Critical pedagogy: An ethical way to generate educational processes by Roberto Ramírez Bravo

“…<br>The purpose of this work is to visualize the epistemological foundation of critical pedagogy, for which its theoretical assumptions are explained; assuming the manifest interrelationship between critical pedagogy and curriculum, and insisting on the required social movements promoted by such framework. Finally, the concretion of critical pedagogy in didactics is proposed whereby the teacher along with the student can reflect on questions such as ¿Why these contents are to be taught and learned, and no others? …”
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Socjologia wiedzy jako perspektywa badawcza w analizie interpretacji wzorca programowego by Janusz Sujecki

“… Transformation of the political system in Poland has created a new friendly environment for the research on the history of social movements, including socialistic program, formulated basing on Marxism. …”
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Frozen Bodies and Future Imaginaries: Assisted Dying, Cryonics, and a Good Death by Jeremy Cohen

“…In this essay, I explore the intersections between ideologies of immortality and assisted dying among two social movements with seemingly opposing epistemologies: cryonicists and medical aid in dying (MAiD) advocates. …”
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Multiculturalism, Afro-Descendant Activism, and Ethnoracial Law and Policy in Latin America by Jean Muteba Rahier

“…The Geographies of Social Movements: Afro-Colombian Mobilization and the Aquatic Space. …”
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Intersectionality of Cultural Identities in Health Psychology: Key Recommendations for Working With African-Caribbean Immigrant Women by Sandra Dixon

“…As is argued in the article, contemporary research, advocacy, and social movements speak to invoking alternative ways to complement the prevailing downstream approach to health psychology. …”
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Minjung Theology by Andrew Eungi Kim, Jongman Kim

“…This article also examines how minjung theology in due time focused on the issue of reunification with North Korea and how it inspired many religiously-motivated social movements that are collectively serving as a major force in struggles for various causes in Korea, including those for human rights, the environment, and gender equality. …”
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Bio-politics of Protest: Student Protests in Serbia and Bulgaria as a Mechanism of Security for a Social System by Magdalena Tendera

“…All the well-established theories of protest and social movements remain inconclusive in answering this query. …”
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Towards Normality: Planning-related Protests and Reactions by Planning by Grischa Frederik Bertram, Uwe Altrock

“…It is possible and sensible to adopt theories from protest and social movements research to better understand protest in planning, yet specifications for planning-related protest are needed. …”
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The "Buy Local" Challenge to Institutional Foodservice Corporations in Historical Context by Sarah J. Martin, Peter Andrée

“…Public institutions such as universities and hospitals are being increasingly encouraged by social movements to direct their substantial foodservice budgets toward supporting local farmers and producers. …”
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Context and Organization: Situating Antonio Negri's 'Factory of Strategy' in the Contemporary Debate on the Party Form by Douglas Spielman

“…This paper begins by observing a tension in contemporary political discourse on the left: against a backdrop of social movements that prioritize “horizontal” organizational structures, there has been a renewed academic debate on the relevance of Lenin and the party form. …”
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Direct Social Actions in Extreme Right Mobilisations. Ideological, strategic and organisational incentives in the Italian neo-fascist right by Caterina Froio, Pietro Castelli Gattinara

“…<span class="abs_content">Social movements scholarship has increasingly turned to the study of direct social actions (DSAs) in times of economic hardship. …”
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Thinking the ‘Culture Wars’ and the Present Political Crisis with the Young Marx (and Friends) by Ben Whitham

“…We stand at a key juncture: a Western political crisis arose in 2016-17 to match the deep economic crisis of the preceding decade. Events and new social movements of recent years seem to hail the collapse of the project of liberal democracy, though it is hard to see what will replace it. …”
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Pertinencia territorial de las críticas al culturalismo by Mariflor Aguilar Rivero

“…Cultural diversity has been increasing visibility and so are social movements searching to be heard. At the same time cultural studies have conformed a special area for studies and research that have been contributing to the recognition of culture identities. …”
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«Sad times»: notes on student movement, community and emotions at the University of Chile against Pinochet dictatorship (1974-1986) by Pablo Toro Blanco

“…Plausibility of emphasis on emotional dimensions of the student experience is evaluated, lightening them through two contrasting interpretative cores: the theory of emotional generational rebellion, in the version developed by Lewis Feuer (1969), and the new social movements. Taking advantages of the sources indicated, we come to conclusion it is necessary to enrich the historical study of opponents students at the University of Chile during dictatorship appealing to the complex interplay between emotions, speech, ideology and political practices, deconstructing essentialist views about the student movement, which tend to exaggerate the sacrificial and messianic ideological dimension as one of its essential factors. …”
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Celebrity chef humanitarianism and the possibility of a “giftless” future for the New Orleans foodscape by Natasha Bunzl

“…Additionally, it explores how a focus on the land instead of individualized “heroes,” social movements instead of corporations, and even cooks instead of chefs can create more space and opportunities for justice and liberation. . . . …”
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Female types in V.P. Meshchersky's publicistic and fictional works by Yu.B. Avdonina, G.I. Shcherbakova

“…Meshchersky's position and to estimate his contribution in the history of Russian journalism, literature, and social movements.…”
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Confluency (tarafud) between trade unionism, culture and revolution in Tunisia by Omri, M

“…It reviews, critically, the key role of Tunisia’s main trade union, UGTT, which was founded in the late 1940s, in social movements, the revolution of 2011 and the transitional period. …”

Map Analysis of The Pro-Con Arguments Against Permendikbud 30 Of Sexual Violence by Mariano Werenfridus, Iradhad Taqwa Sihidi, Krishno Hadi

“…Thus, this study based on the analysis of the data shows that the enthusiasm of the community in social movements in the form of a response to government policy is very high either a stronghold of the pro or the stronghold of the counter.…”
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A corpus-assisted discourse analysis of sustainability transitions in urban basic infrastructure services by Lucy Oates, Alison Edwards, Aksel Ersoy, Ellen van Bueren

“…However, even as the language of the sustainability transitions literature is being appropriated by governments, social movements and practitioners, the concepts of sustainability and sustainability transitions remain ill-defined and often narrowly applied. …”
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