Direct Action, Deliberation, and Diffusion : Collective Action after the WTO Protests in Seattle

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Direct Action, Deliberation, and Diffusion : Collective Action after the WTO Protests in Seattle

Title remainder

Collective Action after the WTO Protests in Seattle

Statement of responsibility

Lesley J. Wood

Creator

• Wood, Lesley J

Author

• Wood, Lesley J

Subject

• Political activists
• Political participation
• Protest movements -- Washington (State) | Seattle -- Case studies
• Demonstrations

Genre

• Case studies

Language

eng

Summary

"What are the micro-level interactions and conversations that underlie successful and failed diffusion? By comparing the spread of direct action tactics from the 1999 Global Justice Movement protests against the World Trade Organization in Seattle to grassroots activists in Toronto and New York, Lesley Wood argues that dynamics of deliberation among local activists both aided and blocked diffusion. To analyze the localization of this cycle of protest, the research brings together rich ethnography, interviews, social network analysis and catalogs of protest events. The findings suggest that when diverse activists with different perspectives can discuss innovations in a reflexive, egalitarian manner, they are more likely to make strategic and meaningful choices"--Provided by publisher

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• Online access with purchase: Cambridge Books Online
• Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics

Cataloging source

UkCbUP

Index

index present

LC call number

HM881

LC item number

.W66 2012eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries