Why it's kicking off everywhere : the new global revolutions / Paul Mason.
Mason, Paul, 1960-
2012
HM876 .M37 2012 (Mapit)
Available at General Collection

Items

Details

Title Why it's kicking off everywhere : the new global revolutions / Paul Mason.
Author Mason, Paul, 1960-
ISBN 9781844678518 (pbk.)
1844678512 (pbk.)
Publication Details London ; New York : Verso, 2012.
Language English
Description 237 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number HM876 .M37 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 909.8312
Summary The world is facing a wave of uprisings, protests and revolutions: Arab dictators swept away, public spaces occupied, slum-dwellers in revolt, cyberspace buzzing with utopian dreams. Events we were told were consigned to history--democratic revolt and social revolution--are being lived by millions of people. In this compelling new book, Paul Mason explores the causes and consequences of this great unrest. From Cairo to Athens, Wall Street and Westminster to Manila, Mason goes in search of the changes in society, technology and human behavior that have propelled a generation onto the streets in search of social justice. In a narrative that blends historical insight with first-person reportage, Mason shines a light on these new forms of activism, from the vast, agile networks of cyberprotest to the culture wars and tent camps of the #occupy movement. The events, says Mason, reflect the expanding power of the individual and call for new political alternatives to elite rule and global poverty.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-221) and index.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
All Resources
'Now there is freedom': why Egypt's revolution is not over
Nobody saw it coming: how the world's collective imagination failed
'Trust is explosive': Britain's youth rebel against austerity
So, why did it kick off? The social roots of the new unrest
Greece: the anomic state? From austerity to social breakdown
'Error de sistema': economic causes of the present unrest
'I tweet in my dreams': the rise of the networked individual
In the tracks of Tom Joad: a journey through jobless America
1848 redux: what we can learn from the last global wave
'We will barricade': slum dwellers versus the super-rich.

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export