{"product_id":"civic-activism-unleashed-new-hope-or-false-dawn-for-democracy-9780190931704","title":"Civic Activism Unleashed: New Hope or False Dawn for Democracy?","description":"One of the signal events in global politics in the last decade has been the transformation of political and civic activism. Not only is the new activism qualitatively different in character from what it was in 2000; its intensity and frequency have dramatically increased. Activists are\u003cbr\u003edeveloping a new type of civic movement, applying innovative forms of direct action against governments and often operating without leaders or even any well-defined set of aims. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eCivic Activism Unleashed\u003c\/em\u003e, Carnegie scholar Richard Youngs examines the changing shape of contemporary civic activism. He shows how the emerging civic activism has important implications for the whole concept of civil society-and for the relationship between citizens, political institutions, and\u003cbr\u003estates. Youngs contends that the rise and spread of these new forms of direct-action civic activism, and the way the trend has driven the dramatic events in global politics in recent years, requires us to update our understanding of what civil society actually is and which types of organizations are\u003cbr\u003ein its vanguard. He further looks at the global impact of recent civic activism and offers a set of variables to help explain cases of success and failure. Youngs' larger aim is to explore in depth the new forms of civic activism that are emerging around the world and assess how they differ from\u003cbr\u003emore established practices of civil society activity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheoretically ambitious and global in scope, \u003cem\u003eCivic Activism Unleashed\u003c\/em\u003e forces us to reconsider the nature of contemporary social and civic activism and how it is reshaping contentious politics in countries across the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Youngs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190931704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Youngs\u003c\/strong\u003e is Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Professor of International Relations at the University of Warwick, UK. He is author of 12 books, including \u003cem\u003eEurope Reset\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEurope's Eastern Crisis \u003c\/em\u003emost recently\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39959063462003,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":34.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_53111b27-b135-4038-a6e1-dfe140271efc.jpg?v=1648740580","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/civic-activism-unleashed-new-hope-or-false-dawn-for-democracy-9780190931704","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}