Networks of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age

Networks of Outrage and Hope is an exploration of the newforms of social movements and protests that are erupting in theworld today, from the Arab uprisings to the indignadas movement inSpain, from the Occupy Wall Street movement to the social protestsin Turkey, Brazil and elsewhere. While these and similar socialmovements differ in many important ways, there is one thing theyshare in common: they are all interwoven inextricably with thecreation of autonomous communication networks supported by theInternet and wireless communication. In this new edition of his timely and important book, ManuelCastells examines the social, cultural and political roots of thesenew social movements, studies their innovative forms ofself–organization, assesses the precise role of technology in thedynamics of the movements, suggests the reasons for the supportthey have found in large segments of society, and probes theircapacity to induce political change by influencing people sminds. Two new chapters bring the analysis up–to–date and draw outthe implications of these social movements and protests forunderstanding the new forms of social change and politicaldemocracy in the global network society. INDICE: Opening: Networking Minds, Creating Meaning, Contesting Power.Prelude to Revolution: Where it All Started .Tunisia: The Revolution of Liberty and Dignity .Iceland s Kitchenware Revolution: from financial collapse tothe crowdsourcing of a new (failed) constitution.Southern wind, northern wind: cross–cultural levers of socialchange.The Egyptian Revolution .Space of flows and space of places in the Egyptian revolution.State s response to an Internet–facilitated revolution: thegreat disconnection.Who were the protesters, and what was the protest?.Women in revolution.The Islamic question. The revolution will continue .Understanding the Egyptian Revolution.Dignity, Violence, Geopolitics: The Arab Uprising and Its Demise.Violence and the state.A digital revolution?.Post–Scriptum 2014.A Rhizomatic Revolution: Indignadas in Spain .A self–mediated movement.What did/do the indignadas want?.The discourse of the movement.Reinventing democracy in practice: an assembly–led, leaderlessmovement.From deliberation to action: the question of violence.A political movement against the political system.A rhizomatic revolution.Occupy Wall Street: Harvesting the Salt of the Earth .The outrage, the thunder, the spark.The prairie on fire.A networked movement.Direct democracy in practice.A non–demand movement: The process is themessage .Violence against a non–violent movement.What did the movement achieve?.The salt of the Earth.Networked Social Movements: A Global Trend? .Overview.Social Movements versus Populist Politics.The Clash between Old and New Turkey, Gezi Park, June 2013.Dignity, Development and Democracy: Brazil 2013–2014.Beyond Neoliberalism: Chile 2011–2013.Undoing the Media–State Complex: Mexico s #YoSoy132.An Open Ended Process.Changing the World in the Network Society.Networked social movements: an emerging pattern?.Internet and the culture of autonomy.The meaning of social change.Networked Social Movements and Political Change .Overview.Crisis of Legitimacy and Political Change: A Global Overview.Challenging the Failure of Parliamentary Democracy from the Inside:Beppe Grillo and his Five Stars Movement.The Effects of Networked Social Movements on the PoliticalSystem.Levers of Political Change?.Beyond Outrage, Hope: The Life and Death of Networked SocialMovements .Appendix to Changing the World in the Network Society.Public opinion in selected countries towards Occupy and similarmovements.Attitudes of citizens towards governments, political and financialinstitutions in the United States, European Union and the world atlarge

• ISBN: 978-0-7456-9575-4
• Editorial: Polity Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 328
• Fecha Publicación: 19/06/2015
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés