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How can we reimagine the relationship between academia and activism to provide new opportunities for social change?
Based on an ethnography with an anti-violence feminist collective, this vibrant and vital book develops an interdisciplinary approach to activism and activist research, helping us reimagine the role of scholarship in the fight against social inequality.
With its reflections on novel tools that can be utilized in the fight for social justice, this book will be a valuable resource for academics in critical management studies, sociology, gender studies, and social work as well as practitioners and policymakers across the social services sector.
The liberating promise of big data and social media to create more responsive democracies and workplaces is overshadowed by a nightmare of election meddling, privacy invasion, fake news and an exploitative gig economy.
Yet, while regressive forces spread disinformation and hate, 'guerrilla democrats' continue to foster hope and connection through digital technologies.
This book offers an in-depth analysis of platform-based radical movements, from the online coalitions of voters and activists to the Deliveroo and Uber strikes. Combining cutting edge theories with empirical research, it makes an invaluable contribution to the emerging literature on the relationship between technology and society.
From Occupy, to the Indignados and the Arab Spring, the uprisings that marked the last decade ignited a re-emergence of participatory democracy as a political ideal within organizations.
This pioneering book introduces cybernetic thinking to politics and organizational studies to explore the continuing development of this radical idea. With a focus on communication and how alternative social media platforms present new challenges and opportunities for radical organising, it sheds new light on the concepts of self-organization, consensus decision making, individual autonomy and collective identity.
Revolutionising the way in which anarchist activists and theorists think about organizations, this unprecedented investigation makes a major contribution to the larger discussion of direct democracy.
) was replete with similar debates. From the very inception of my field, academics had debated among themselves how best to create change ‘out there’ (Alvesson and Willmott, 1992 ). This was a particular concern for ‘critically’ minded scholars, who were intent on questioning and challenging taken-for-granted assumptions about issues as broad as capitalism, neoliberalism, managerialism, neo-colonialism, and the importance of gender, race, (dis)ability, and class to work and organization (Alvesson et al, 2011 ; Pullen et al, 2017 ). The ‘C’ in CMS seemed, therefore
potential solution Emily draws on the perspective that women and gender minorities are both ‘vulnerable bodies’ to argue for who she perceives as a beneficiary of our activism. The lessons from my anti-violence colleagues have significant implications for academics and activists. Examination of which bodies are considered to be beneficiaries of our activism is fundamental to who will receive care and protection. The Black Lives Matter movement, the disability-rights movement, the #MeToo movement, the animal rights movement, and many other social movements all situate
