Rethinking Ideology in the Age of Global Discontent: Bridging Divides

Cover
Half Title
Book Title
Copyright
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of tables
Notes on contributors
Introduction: rethinking ideology and protests in the age of globalization – bridging divides
	Outline of the book
	References
Part I
	Dissent, connectivity and communication in apost-ideological world
		1 Mere connection? The transformative impact of new media on insurrectionary and usual politics
			Introduction
			Discourses of change and stability
			Reflections on the logic of connective action
			The Arab Spring … Internet centrism or new sites of contention?
			Terrorist networking
			Conclusion
			Notes
			References
		2 Anti-austerity protest and democratic vision: the struggle for a new politics – the case of the Greek “Do Not Pay”social movement
			Introduction
			The rise of European anti-austerity movements
			Anti-austerity resistance in Greece
			Methodological approach
			“Us” versus “them” framing – the people contra the elites
			Grassroots forms of dissent and micro acts of resistance
			Conclusion
			Acknowledgements
			Notes
			References
		3 The role of social media-based citizen journalism practices in the formation of contemporary protest movements
			Introduction
			Social media and traditional politics
			Emergence of citizen journalism at Gezi Park protests
			Elements of a citizen journalism success story
			Conclusion
			Note
			References
Part II
	Comparative perspectives on social change and political activism
		4 Common man’s upsurge against a common “nuisance”: the anti-corruption movement in India
			Introduction
			Meanderings of the movement
			Context
			24 frames per second Revolution
			Bridges’ underbelly: ideology of the movement
			Conclusion
			Note
			References
		5 The “new” Tahrir Square: from protesting to occupying public space as a global pattern of contestation
			Introduction
			Public mobilization in an authoritarian context
			Public space occupation
			Public space occupation and the shift in the Egyptian protest culture
			Conclusion
			Note
			References
		6 Resisting the World Cup in Brazil: when the global clashes with the urban
			Introduction
			Conclusion
			Notes
			References
		7 The Euromaidan, democracy, and political values in Ukraine
			The Euromaidan democracy narratives and research questions
			Methodology and data
			The political systems before, during, and after the Euromaidan
			Democratic and authoritarian attitudes
			Conclusion
			Notes
			References
Part III
	Exploring Gezi Park protests: different actors, different perspectives
		8 Right to the city: insurgent citizens of the Occupy Gezi movement
			Introduction
			Understanding new global social movements in the light of active citizenship
			Right to the city: revolt of the masses
			Corrupt politics and loss of trust
			Conclusion
			Notes
			References
		9 Placing Gezi Park in time
			Introduction
			Understanding large scale protests
			Gezi events in time: a participants’ perspective
			Conclusions
			Note
			References
		10 Understanding Turkey through Gezi Park: the change  in “world time” and revolt of a “multitude” against the Islamist government (AKP)
			Introduction
			Political Islamists as the “other” of Kemalism
			Symbolic importance of artillery barracks
			Outbreak of “Gezi Park” protests: “it is not only about two trees”
			Conclusion
			References
		11 Reconceptualizing state–society relations in Turkey: a culture of contestation from Gezi and beyond
			Introduction
			History and truth: (re)imagining Turkish identity
			Urban resistance: from Woodstock to war-zone
			Conclusion: contentious politics in Gezi and beyond
			Notes
			References
Index