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Гудзенко, О. З. "Social activism as a practice of forming networked social movements." Grani 22, no. 11 (November 28, 2019): 47–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.15421/10.15421/171997.

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This paper proposes a theoretical interpretation of social activism and its role in the practices of forming networked social movements. In today’s information society, the importance of solidarity practices for agents in social networks is increasing. The terms «activism», «online activism», «activism», «communication activism», «media activism», «collectivism» and so on have become widespread. They are used as markers of new practices for shaping social and political activist movements in social networks. However, the issue of social activism is not a sufficiently relevant topic in sociology. Discussions regarding the place and role of social activism in the practices of network social movement formation are more popular than scientific. Technological innovations of the information society have influenced forms of social interaction, communication, and solidarity of different levels of the agency. They transform and create innovative modes of social activism - from networking resources to collaborative activities to art-activism. Social networks are an active dynamic configuration space for various forms of social activism because they contain constantly updated information content created by network community agents in the form of comments, replies, likes, posts, and more. Networks are becoming a practical mechanism for social consolidation amid a crisis of legitimacy and trust in government. There is a shift in the practices of social and political activist movements into the internet space and social networks. The problem of new social movements has become especially relevant in recent years in connection with the proliferation of protest movements in the globalized society, which require relevant theoretical and methodological principles to study them. The paper deals with the consideration of social activism from the standpoint of the theory of the information society of M. Castels, the pragmatic sociology of L. Boltanski and L. Teweno and the theoretical developments of G. Reingold and S. Harrebi.
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Krithika, KS. "Communication Media and the Ensuing Social Activism." Journal of Advanced Research in Journalism & Mass Communication 05, no. 04 (October 31, 2018): 81–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.24321/2395.3810.201823.

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Kampf, Constance E. "Connecting Corporate and Consumer Social Responsibility Through Social Media Activism." Social Media + Society 4, no. 1 (January 2018): 205630511774635. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2056305117746357.

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To highlight aspects of activism obscured by a focus on legitimacy and ideology, this article argues that shifting focus from legitimacy and ideology to identity, problem-solving and dialogue is needed to understand emerging forms of social media native activism that connects consumer social responsibility (CnSR) and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Taking this view as a basis for social activism offers a valuable perspective for understanding some emergent forms of social media activism toward business. Two cases of social media native activist organizations working to create movements are examined from this problem-solving and dialogue-based perspective—Carrotmob and the GoodGuide. These cases represent examples of a post-dialectic frame for understanding how social media can affect approaches to activism.
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Christofoletti, Rogério, Salvador De León, and Denis Ruellan. "SOCIAL ACTIVISM, POLITICAL ACTIVISM, AND COMBAT JOURNALISM." Brazilian journalism research 19, no. 3 (December 26, 2023): e1651. http://dx.doi.org/10.25200/bjr.v19n3.2023.1651.

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Kende, Anna. "Separating Social Science Research on Activism from Social Science as Activism." Journal of Social Issues 72, no. 2 (June 2016): 399–412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/josi.12172.

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Jusfayana, Yuthika, and Joevarian Hudiyana. "Self-Worth of Social-Political Activists: Theoretical Framework and Systematic Review." Psikologika: Jurnal Pemikiran dan Penelitian Psikologi 28, no. 2 (September 26, 2023): 321–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.20885/psikologika.vol28.iss2.art10.

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Activists are dedicated individuals who endeavor to create a substantial and significant influence on pivotal social issues. Their endeavors are propelled by a multitude of diverse factors, including aspects such as social identity, perceptions of fairness, efficacy, and other relevant considerations. These factors lead them to engage in a process of internalization within the collective group they are part of, shaping their sense of self-worth. However, the motivation to achieve self-worth is not always the predominant focus in existing study. Therefore, this study aimed to explained the context of activists’ self-worth through the framework of the Quest for Significance (QFS) theory, employing a systematic literature review method. The systematic literature review follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) protocol, utilizing keywords such as “political activism,” “personal significance,” “fulfilling life activism,” “meaningful activist,” and “activist experience.” The platforms searched include Google Scholar, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, and Sage Journal. During the screening stage, journals that met the criteria related to social-political activism and the activation processes of the QFS (significance gain and significance loss) were carefully selected. The study identified key theme concerning the self-worth of activists, such as the role of activism as a coping mechanism, the positive outcomes of activism, the impact of relationships on activist, and challenges inherent in activism.
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Petrovic, Dalibor. "Social activism on social networks sites." Socioloski pregled 50, no. 3 (2016): 397–430. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/socpreg1603397p.

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Hasdell, Peter, and Gerhard Bruyns. "Design Social | Technology • Activism • Anti-Social." Cubic Journal, no. 1 (April 2018): 4–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.31182/cubic.2018.1.000.

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Georgianna, Sharon. "Fundamentalism Vs. Social Activism." Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 2, no. 1 (1990): 159–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/jis199021/210.

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Before the advent of the Moral Majority, fundamentalists were noted for their absence from the socio-political arena. Though there were sporadic attempts, no fundamentalist social action organization had been successful until the Moral Majority came on the scene in 1979. Are Moral Majoritarians bothered by their recent involvement in social activism? What kinds of social action behaviors are they more likely to engage in? A questionnaire was sent to a random sample of Moral Majoritarians in a Midwestern Chapter to shed light on social action involvement It found that Moral Majoritarians prefer safe, democratic social behaviors to more radical actions, and that evangelism still takes priority over social activism.
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MANN, RUTH M. "Emotionality and Social Activism." Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 31, no. 3 (June 2002): 251–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0891241602031003001.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Social activism"

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Wei, Jiaying. "Corporate social responsibility and shareholder activism." Thesis, Cergy-Pontoise, Ecole supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018ESEC0007/document.

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Motivés par des articles et des discussions récentes sur les valeurs monétaires par rapport aux valeurs sociales, j'ai un grand intérêt à étudier l'impact des valeurs sociales ou de la responsabilité sociale des entreprises (“CSR”) sur les valeurs des entreprises. Le chapitre un et le chapitre deux étudient tous deux l'activisme des actionnaires sur les questions de CSR, tout en ayant des objectifs différents. Le premier chapitre étudie les propositions d'actionnaires déposées par des fonds socialement responsables (“SRIs”) en utilisant un échantillon collecté à la main. Le premier chapitre fournit des statistiques descriptives sur ces propositions et examine les caractéristiques de l'entreprise cible. Deuxièmement, à l'aide de la méthodologie de l'étude des événements, il examine la réaction du marché autour du dépôt de la proposition et constate une réaction positive du marché à ces propositions. Troisièmement, il examine l’horizon à plus long terme et étudie l’impact à long terme de ces propositions sur la valeur marchande, la performance opérationnelle et la performance sociale des entreprises. Le deuxième chapitre étudie un échantillon plus large de propositions d'actionnaires déposées par différentes parties, notamment des investisseurs institutionnels (par exemple, fonds de pension, fonds SRI), des syndicats, des fondations, des groupes religieux et des particuliers. Le chapitre deux se concentre plus sur l'identification de l'impact des différents déclarants sur le résultat de la proposition, et les résultats montrent que les investisseurs institutionnels tels que les fonds SRI et les fonds de pension sont des déclarants plus performants. Si une proposition est déposée par des fonds SRI ou des fonds de pension, elle a beaucoup plus de chances de réussir et recevoir des votes plus favorables. La réaction du marché aux activités de dépôt de propositions est également positive pour ces déposants et a également une incidence à long terme sur les entreprises cibles. Le chapitre trois étudie la performance des fonds SRI. En choisissant une période de temps particulière (c’est-à-dire la crise financière), elle tente de séparer la performance des investissements des fonds des rendements générés par des groupes spécifiques d’entreprises (c’est-à-dire les entreprises ayant de bonnes notes CSR). Les résultats montrent que ces SRIs génèrent des rendements inférieurs à ceux des fonds conventionnels pendant la crise, alors que ces entreprises obtiennent en moyenne des rendements plus élevés pendant la crise, comme le suggèrent d'autres études (Lins et al. 2017). Cependant, ce résultat ne persiste pas après la crise financière dans l'échantillon correspondant. La volatilité des flux des SRIs est inférieure à celle des fonds conventionnels. L'analyse de la sensibilité des flux dans une régression linéaire par morceaux montre que les SRIs attirent plus de flux que les fonds conventionnels après avoir contrôlé divers autres facteurs. Une analyse plus poussée montre que les SRIs ont tendance à avoir un horizon d'investissement plus long et à vendre moins pendant la crise. Il aborde également les raisons potentielles et les motivations des investisseurs en examinant les flux de fonds SRI, les sensibilités aux performances des flux, horizons des investisseurs et les activités de vente pendant la crise
Motivated by papers and recent talks on monetary values versus social values, I have great interest in studying how social values or corporate social responsibility (“CSR”) could impact firm values. Recent studies have shown that there are mainly three potential channels, through which CSR affects firm value. Firstly, employees help create firm value. Employee welfare is part of CSR (measured by MSCI ESG KLD Statistics, known as KLD scores), and employee satisfaction improves firm value shown by positive long-term abnormal stock market returns. (eg. Edmans 2011) Secondly, customers strongly link to firm value. Product quality and safety are part of CSR, and product characteristics are the main reasons directly linked to customer purchasing decisions, especially for firms in manufacturing and retail industries. Moreover, part of the customers may be socially conscious and are sensitive to firms’ actions towards environmental, community or human rights issues. They may form updated opinion of the firm based on their CSR activities and thus influence their purchasing decisions. Papers find that firms with more customer awareness benefit more from CSR. (eg. Servaes and Tamayo 2013) Thirdly, investors are associated with firm value. Investors, especially socially-conscious investors help discipline the firms’ CSR activities. Shareholder proposal is one good venue where they raise their voice and engage in the firms. Investors could use exit strategy to sell their shares, and changes in investment flows could affect firms’ value. (eg. Bialkowski & Starks 2016) The third channel, investors’ engagements in CSR issues in the firm and their association with firm value implications, as well as the related SRI investment performance are the main focus of this dissertation
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Davis, Leslie Karen. "The impact of long-term psychotherapy on the social activism of social activists." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ35398.pdf.

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Santos, Ana Cristina. "Enacting activism : the political, legal and social impacts of LGBT activism in Portugal." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2008. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.493602.

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The title "Enacting Activism" suggests the idea of activism applied to different fields, at the same time that it highlights the power of social movements in respect to influencing change. Situated at the intersection of new social movement theory and queer studies, this thesis examines the impact of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activism in Portugal since 1995.
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Mecham, Michael G. "William Walker : social activism and Belfast labourism." Thesis, St Mary's University, Twickenham, 2018. http://research.stmarys.ac.uk/2393/.

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This thesis examines the social and political activism of the Belfast labour movement though one of its leaders, William Walker (1870 - 1918). It reassesses his place in Irish historiography which often dismissed him despite his acknowledged prominence in early twentieth century Ireland. The thesis argues that Walker has been narrowly defined as a political activist and makes the case for broadening the understanding of him through his social activism. [...]. The thesis conclused by arguing that Walker deserves greater recogniition for his courage, sense of dury and commitment to improving working-class conditions.
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Greenslade, Lyndal. "Social Work Activism: Resistance at the Frontier." Thesis, Griffith University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367865.

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When social and economic systems disadvantage individuals and groups, social workers have historically been amongst those who protest. The contemporary context provides particular challenges for social workers discontent with welfare service delivery influenced by neo-liberal ideology. Recent research reports on a range of barriers to activist practice, with participants identifying the negative impact of contemporary welfare ideologies, which have contributed to a dominance of technical practice models and an accompanying loss of structural, activist approaches. Participants in these studies informed that contemporary welfare organisations have led to a concealing of activist activities, for fear of reprisal should more open forms of radical practice be attempted. This thesis explores the motivations and behaviours of social workers employed in statutory workplace settings who identified that they undertook covert activist activities as a response to challenges resulting from the current service delivery model. The overarching research question was: What are the experiences of Australian statutory social workers regarding the types of covert activism they practice, and their reasons for doing so? Findings from this research are aimed at informing current discussions on the relevance of radical practice methods in challenging the contemporary welfare model and the role of social workers as agents of change. This study involved fifteen professional social workers involved in statutory work within the fields of health, mental health, child protection and income support in Australia. Qualitative interviews were conducted over a six month period via the method of Email Facilitated Reflective Dialogue. The purpose of the dialogues was to investigate how social work practitioners utilised covert resistance strategies within statutory welfare organisations to challenge organisational-professional conflict and what the experience of doing is like for them. Additionally, the dialogues also explored the identity of this group of practitioners, with the goal of understanding more about who contemporary social work activists are.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Human Services and Social Work
Griffith Health
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Lahiri, Debtanu. "Corporate Politics, Social Activism, and Corporate Social Performance : Three essays underscoring firms' complex relationships with non-market stakeholders." Thesis, Jouy-en Josas, HEC, 2022. http://www.theses.fr/2022EHEC0002.

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Cette dissertation étudie les conséquences des relations complexes entre les entreprises et les diverses parties prenantes non commerciales. Le premier essai tente de déterminer si l'activité politique des entreprises (APE) contribue à maintenir les avantages concurrentiels. Les recherches antérieures n'abordent pas cette question et se contentent d’estimer si l'APE augmente les bénéfices, avec des résultats mitigés sur de courtes échelles de temps. Nous théorisons sur la manière dont le capital politique affecte la régression vers la moyenne des bénéfices, par le biais de mécanismes de persistance de l'entreprise et du secteur. En utilisant des données sur plus de 6 000 entreprises de 14 pays démocratiques, nous estimons des coefficients de persistance de la performance variant dans le temps et spécifiques à l'entreprise avec des modèles à coefficients aléatoires et des mesures de volatilité des bénéfices. La triangulation sur diverses méthodes d'identification suggère que la demi-vie du capital politique est plus courte que prévu, et l’est également par rapport à d'autres interventions stratégiques. Les connexions politiques sont très peu efficaces pour maintenir la performance et réduire la volatilité, puisqu’elles retardent la convergence des bénéfices de 0,180 an seulement et sont sans effet au-delà de sept ans. Le deuxième essai met en évidence les compromis impliqués dans la relation des entreprises avec deux parties prenantes non marchandes : les politiciens et les activistes sociaux. Cette étude soutient que la présence de connexions politiques au sein du conseil d'administration augmente la sensibilité de l'entreprise aux actions militantes, en raison, i. des objectifs contradictoires de ces deux acteurs non marchands, et ii. de la perception d'une plus grande sensibilité des entreprises connectées aux attentes de la société. En outre, à l'aide d'un modèle analytique simple, je démontre que cet effet dépend fortement du niveau d'adoption des politiques ESG (politiques sociales, de gouvernance et relatives aux salariés) par les entreprises, de sorte qu’à des niveaux plus élevés d'adoption des politiques ESG, la responsabilité de la connectivité se dissipe (ou diminue considérablement). Les deux propositions sont étayées de façon adéquate par l'analyse empirique. Sur le plan théorique, en révélant un déterminant spécifique à l'entreprise des actions militantes, cette étude nous rapproche de la définition de la « structure d'opportunité de l'entreprise » pour l'activisme, tout en caractérisant mieux les compromis complexes intervenant dans les relations des entreprises avec les différentes parties prenantes. Enfin, le troisième essai étudie les motivations des entreprises à adopter des pratiques de RSE (responsabilité sociale des entreprises). J'adopte le point de vue de « l’assurance-risque » sur l'engagement RSE des entreprises pour soutenir que, face à un changement brutal du paysage institutionnel, conduisant à un assouplissement considérable des règles et réglementations relatives à la durabilité, les entreprises seraient désireuses d'améliorer de manière proactive la performance sociale de l'entreprise (PSE), afin de neutraliser la responsabilité associée à l'intégration dans un régime mettant peu l’accent sur la RSE. Cette étude utilise la victoire de Trump à l'élection présidentielle américaine de 2016 comme un événement exogène qui a entraîné une réduction marquée de l'importance accordée par le gouvernement américain aux politiques liées à la durabilité. L'analyse Diff-in-diff sur un échantillon apparié d'entreprises américaines et non américaines suggère qu'en moyenne, les entreprises américaines ont amélioré leur empreinte de durabilité après l'élection de Trump. Une hétérogénéité considérable a été observée sur la base des tendances idéologiques des entreprises : les entreprises non partisanes ont rapporté un degré d'amélioration sensiblement plus faible que leurs homologues partisanes
This dissertation investigates the consequences of the complex relationships between firms and various non-market stakeholders. The first essay examines if corporate political activity (CPA) helps sustain competitive benefits. Prior literature does not address this question, only whether CPA increases profits – with mixed results over short timescales. We theorize about how political capital affects the regression-to-the-mean of profits through firm and industry persistence mechanisms. Using data on over 6,000 firms from 14 democratic countries, we estimate time-varying, firm-specific performance persistence coefficients with random-coefficient models - and profit volatility measures. Triangulation over various identification methods suggests that the half-life of political capital is shorter than expected, and also compared with other strategy interventions. Political connections are marginally effective at sustaining performance and reducing volatility, delaying profit convergence by only 0.180 years – and with no effect beyond seven years. These modest CPA benefits are further curbed by legislative constraints and political stability. The second essay highlights the tradeoffs involved in the firms’ relationship with two non-market stakeholders: politicians and social activists. This study argues that the presence of board political connections increases the susceptibility of the firm to activist actions – owing to, i. the conflicting objectives of these two non-market actors, and ii. the perceived higher sensitivity of connected firms to societal expectations. Furthermore, using a simple analytical model, I demonstrate that this effect is strongly contingent on the firms’ level of ESG (employee, social and governance policies) adoption – such that, at higher levels of ESG adoption, the liability of connectedness dissipates (or diminishes considerably). Both propositions find adequate support in the empirical analysis.Theoretically, by revealing a firm-specific determinant of activist actions, this study takes us a step closer towards defining the ‘corporate opportunity structure’ for activism, while also better characterizing the complex trade-offs involved in the firms’ relationship with various stakeholders. Finally, the third essay examines firms’ motivations for adopting CSR (corporate social responsibility) practices. I adopt the ‘risk-insurance’ view of firms’ CSR engagement to argue that when faced with an abrupt change in the institutional landscape leading to considerable muting of the rules and regulations pertaining to sustainability, firms would be keen to proactively improve corporate social performance (CSP) in order to neutralize the liability associated with being embedded in a low CSR-emphasis regime. The study uses Trump’s win in the 2016 US Presidential election as an exogenous event that resulted in a marked reduction in the US govt’s emphasis on sustainability related policies. Diff-in-diff analysis on a matched sample of US and non-US firms suggest that, on average, US firms improved their sustainability footprint after Trump’s election. Considerable heterogeneity was observed based on firms’ ideological proclivities: non-partisan firms reported a significantly lower magnitude of improvement compared to their partisan counterparts
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Gu, Xiaoting. "The influence of social media on chinese college students' social activism." Scholarly Commons, 2012. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/839.

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Guided by Uses and Gratifications Theory, this study investigated the relationship between Chinese college students' use of social media and their social activism. Data collected from a goup-administered survey of 309 undergraduate students at a large university in eastern China was used to answer four research questions. The results indicated that Chinese college students who used social media for information seeking were likely to participate in individual social activism. Besides, students who used social media for self-status seeking and information seeking were likely to participate in collective social activism. No significant correlation between entertainment motivation and social activism were found. Neither can socializing motivation predict Chinese college students' social activism. In addition, gender had an impact on individual social activism and frequency of social media use could affect both individual and collective social activism.
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Rhodes-Kubiak, Robert. "Activist citizens : social movement theory, citizenship and the development of LGBT activism in Serbia." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2013. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.599556.

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Between 1990 and 2010, lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LOBT) people in Serbia moved from a legal prohibition of homosexuality and widespread hostility, to a legislative and institutional framework of increasing recognition and protection. Social attitudes, too, 3re shifting towards greater acceptance. A vibrant social movement of LGBT activists has been vitally important in these shifts. This thesis explores and analyses a series of semi-structured interviews with these activists, campaigning materials, and primary and secondary literature to present a contextualised account of the history and practice of this under-researched movement. Beginning by developing a model of a theoretical toolbox, the thesis identifies the continuing relevance of a range of social movement theories and concepts, arguing that these must be utilised pragmatically to ensure a full understanding of the complex processes at work in a social movement. It particularly identifies the importance of contextually situated grievances, resources and opportunities to the development of LOBT activism in Serbia. A background of nationalism, warfare, ethnic fragmentation, authoritarianism, shifting international and domestic resources and opportunities have influenced the strategies and tactics, participation, leadership, motivations for taking part, and patterns of cooperation, all of which are explored. At the same time the thesis stresses the importance of actors making choices and acting creatively to influence, as well as work within, this context. To this end, the movement is theorised as representing a model of 'activist citizenship' based on rights, participation and belonging, utilising identity strategically whilst seeking a wider citizenship based on common humanity and linking struggles between oppressed groups. In doing so, this interdisciplinary research fills an important gap in existing sociological literature on the former Yugoslavia and makes a contribution to social movement theory and citizenship studies, as well as contributing to political sciences work on the former Yugoslavia and social movement studies.
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Reiprich, Barbara. "Feeling activism: Emotionalized and visual-based strategic communication within environmental small-scale activism on social media." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-364217.

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This master thesis aims to understand whether the connection of visuals and emotions on social media can be utilized by activists to increase awareness of environmental issues. In particular, this thesis discussed if emotional visual content about environmental activism on social media increases recipients' emotional awareness and small-scale activism when embedded in visual framing communication. The work is based on theories like affective visual framing, affective intensity, stickiness and grab, which define the dynamics of emotions online and the merits that come with it, when used for strategic communication. In combination with visual communication on social media and the emotional impact of visuals, environmental imagery develops power for social transformation. Analyzing the organization Greenpeace and the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation for their emotional strategic communication on Instagram, the research uses mixed-methods to gather data about the reception of emotional visuals. A questionnaire collects data about broad responses to images and seven in-depth interviews focus on deeper motivations and opinions behind the emotional reaction. The research reveals that first of all emotions are generated by emotionally framed visual contents. These emotions also lead to an emotional awareness of environmental issues. Nevertheless, small-scale activism was neither increased by emotional content nor by general emotional awareness. Solely short-term interest in activism could be identified.
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Coretti, Lorenzo. "The Purple Movement : social media and activism in Berlusconi's Italy." Thesis, University of Westminster, 2014. https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/964wx/the-purple-movement-social-media-and-activism-in-berlusconi-s-italy.

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This research project assesses the relationship between the use of Facebook and the development of social movements throughout their life cycle by focusing on the case study of Popolo Viola. On 5th December, 2009, hundreds of thousands of Italian citizens took to the streets of Rome to say ‘no’ to the politics of Silvio Berlusconi’s government and to ask for his resignation as Prime Minister. The demonstration was planned and organized, mainly on Facebook, by a group of bloggers. A single-issue protest rapidly evolved into a social movement, called ‘Popolo Viola’, ‘Purple People’. The colour purple was chosen because it was not previously associated with any political movement, and as a word to the wise that the movement was not linked to any political party. New groups and pages arose on Facebook: apart from the page ‘il Popolo Viola’, which now had more than 460,000 members (data August, 2013), thousands of pages and groups were opened at a local level, both inside and outside Italy. Through the lenses of Social Movement Theory and the Critical Theory of Technology this study focuses on the role played by the use of Facebook in the development of the movement’s organizational structure, the building of its collective identity, and its mobilization processes. The methodology adopted for this purpose includes both quantitative and qualitative methods: on the one hand, there is an analysis of membership data and interaction levels on the Popolo Viola Facebook page, and a survey; on the other hand, there are in-depth interviews with the Facebook page administrators, influential members and activists of the movement, and content analysis of the online conversations among activists. The findings of this research show how Facebook proved to be an efficient mobilizing structure for the social movement only on a short-term basis. After its initial success, the incompatibility between the commercial interests behind Facebook’s design, and the ideology of Popolo Viola became manifest. Facebook failed to provide the movement with the necessary instruments in terms of a shared democratic management of its resources. The inability to manage Facebook pages and groups according to commonly agreed values promoted vertical power structures within the movement, contributing to controversial management of the Facebook page and to internal divisions which significantly hindered the potential of the anti-Berlusconi protest. Moreover, gradual changes in the Facebook code increasingly promoted top-down flows of communication which, in conjunction with controversial decisions in the moderation of discussions that were made by the page administrators, progressively decreased the plurality of voices within the movement’s page, and hampered the formation of a strong collective identity. Facebook therefore proved to represent much more than a mere communication tool for Popolo Viola, playing a vital role in influencing the movement’s structure, leadership, communication flows and collective identity. The rise and fall of Popolo Viola, with all its complexity, constitutes a useful case study of the evaluation of technology as a problematic force for social change. That said, this is not an issue which relates to the technology itself, but rather to the values and interests that drive the actors who are involved in this power struggle. Taking into account the relationships between culture, technology and capital, this study offers a balanced assessment of the dynamics which characterize the development of social movement protest on commercial Social Network Media.
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Books on the topic "Social activism"

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Cernison, Matteo. Social Media Activism. NL Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9789462980068.

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This book focuses on the referendums against water privatization in Italy and explores how activists took to social media, ultimately convincing twenty-seven million citizens to vote. Investigating the relationship between social movements and internet-related activism during complex campaigns, this book examines how a technological evolution — the increased relevance of social media platforms — affected in very different ways organizations with divergent characteristics, promoting at the same time decentralized communication practices, and new ways of coordinating dispersed communities of people. Matteo Cernison combines and adapts a wide set of methods, from social network analysis to digital ethnography, in order to explore in detail how digital activism and face-to-face initiatives interact and overlap. He argues that the geographical scale of actions, the role played by external media professionals, and the activists’ perceptions of digital technologies are key elements that contribute in a significant way to shape the very different communication practices often described as online activism.
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Doetsch-Kidder, Sharon. Social Change and Intersectional Activism. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137100979.

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Allen, Garland E., and Roy M. MacLeod, eds. Science, History and Social Activism. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2956-7.

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Gutiérrez, Miren. Data Activism and Social Change. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78319-2.

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L, Bhatia K., University of Jammu. Faculty of Law., and National Seminar on "Judicial Activism and Social Change" (1987 : Faculty of Law, University of Jammu), eds. Judicial activism and social change. New Delhi: Deep & Deep Publications, 1990.

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Wallace, Adrienne, and Regina Luttrell. Strategic Social Media as Activism. New York: Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003291855.

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1959-, Mikula Maja, ed. Women, activism, and social change. London: Routledge, 2005.

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Jones, Bryn, and Mike ODonnell, eds. Sixties Radicalism and Social Movement Activism. London: Anthem Press, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.7135/upo9781843313403.

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Pulkingham, Jane, ed. Human Welfare, Rights, and Social Activism. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/9781442660342.

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Peace, Timothy. European Social Movements and Muslim Activism. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137464002.

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Book chapters on the topic "Social activism"

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Brenman, Marc, and Thomas W. Sanchez. "Social Activism." In Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research, 6012–17. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_2729.

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Vicente, Mercedes. "Social Activism." In Darcy Lange, Videography as Social Practice, 203–32. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36903-2_6.

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Banks, Patricia A. "Social Activism." In Race, Ethnicity, and Consumption, 157–78. New York, NY: Routledge, 2019.: Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315121147-7.

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Brenman, Marc, and Thomas W. Sanchez. "Social Activism." In Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research, 6496–500. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17299-1_2729.

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Alkandari, Ali A. "Social Activism." In Contemporary Gulf Studies, 127–85. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3050-0_4.

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Cox, Peter. "Models of social change." In Cycling Activism, 51–75. London: Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003082248-4.

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Hadar, Uri. "Activism." In Psychoanalysis and Social Involvement, 163–70. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137301093_9.

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Haslett, Damian, and Brett Smith. "Disability, sport and social activism." In Athlete Activism, 65–76. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003140290-7.

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Cox, Peter. "Cycling activism and social movements." In Cycling Activism, 3–26. London: Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003082248-2.

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Conway, Daniel. "Activism." In The Routledge Handbook of Social Change, 279–92. London: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351261562-26.

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Conference papers on the topic "Social activism"

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Díaz, Javier Ramos, and Bruno González Cacheda. "Financing Social Activism." In ICEGOV '15-16: 9th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2910019.2910053.

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Kateryna, Husakova. "Public activity as a social institution." In Sociology – Social Work and Social Welfare: Regulation of Social Problems. Видавець ФОП Марченко Т.В., 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.23939/sosrsw2023.035.

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Summary. Public activism is a significant phenomenon of modern society, manifested in the active engagement of citizens in addressing social, political, and economic issues. The article examines various aspects of public activism, including its main characteristics in the context of institutional and practical dimensions.One of the key aspects of civil activism is its expression in different spheres of relations between citizens and authorities. In particular, the article discusses the dynamics of "citizen-citizen" and "citizen-authority" interactions in the context of public activism. Studying these relationships allows us to understand how public activism influences democratic processes and the development of civil society. In addition, the article also analyzes the transformation of public activism after 2014, particularly in the context of the events of the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity. These events played a significant role in shaping a new institution of society, where civil activism became one of the influential forces impacting political processes and reforms. The peculiarities of the institutional approach to the study of public activism are also examined in detail in the article. The distinctiveness of this approach lies in analyzing public activism as a social institution that interacts with other institutions. Key words: public activism, institution of society, public, transformations of society, activity, civil society.
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Sen, Pausali, Irini Spyridakis, Silvia Amtmann, and Charlotte P. Lee. "Using social media for social activism." In the 16th ACM international conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1880071.1880135.

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Mitu, Bianca. "Social Classes and Digital Activism." In ISIS Summit Vienna 2015—The Information Society at the Crossroads. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/isis-summit-vienna-2015-s3011.

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Shen, Yuxuan. "The Impact of Social Media on Social Activism." In 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220105.174.

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Roudbari, Shawhin, Joris Gjata, and Matthew Rowe. "Contemporary Forms of Social Justice Activism in Architecture." In 108th Annual Meeting Proceedings. ACSA Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.35483/acsa.am.108.133.

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The goal of this paper is to share a sociological framework for understanding social justice activism with the intention of improving efficacy of architects’ efforts in addressing contentious social issues. The paper draws on recent sociological scholarship on professions and social movements, which give us new ways of thinking about our agency in affecting social change within and beyond the profession. The paper presents emerging themes based on participant observation and unstructured interviews conducted over the past two years, focused on contemporary activism in architecture. We high-light how professionals use their material resources (design expertise and practice) and their symbolic resources (status in socio-economic, political, and cultural systems) in different forms of contentious political engagement. We offer a socio-logical framework for distinguishing between ways architects use their work and status in their efforts to achieve social and professional change. The analysis offered in this paper is intended to offer politically-engaged architects (professionals, educators, and students) a framework to assist in their efforts toward shaping equity and justice outcomes for the field and for society.
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Ismail, Ahmad, and Hardiyanti Munsi. "Field Activism Becomes Click Activism: A Concept Review of Old Social Movements and New Social Movements Become Online Social Movements." In Proceedings of the 1st Hasanuddin International Conference on Social and Political Sciences, HICOSPOS 2019, 21-22 October 2019, Makassar, Indonesia. EAI, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.21-10-2019.2291540.

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"Professional Social Work Contributes to Community Activism." In 2020 International Conference on Social Science and Education Research. Scholar Publishing Group, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.38007/proceedings.0001711.

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Irannejad Bisafar, Farnaz, Lina Itzel Martinez, and Andrea G. Parker. "Social Computing-Driven Activism in Youth Empowerment Organizations." In CHI '18: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173757.

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Menendez-Blanco, Maria, Pernille Bjorn, and Antonella De Angeli. "Fostering Cooperative Activism through Critical Design." In CSCW '17: Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2998181.2998198.

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Reports on the topic "Social activism"

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Nguyen, X. T., T. Bernasky, and T. L. Dang. Final Report: The Transforming Disability Knowledge, Research and Activism (TDKRA) project. Carleton University, October 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.22215/ddsc.2022.301.

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This research report outlines the Transforming Disability Knowledge, Research, and Activism project (TDKRA) and concludes with a set of recommendations. TDKRA was a collaborative research and activism project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) between 2016-2020. The project aimed to address the gap in knowledge about the situation of women and girls with disabilities in three disadvantaged communities in Vietnam and to build potential for their activism. The main objective of the project was to engage girls and women with disabilities in knowledge production as a form of activism for their inclusion. It also aimed to connect research and activism to build a more transformative approach to inclusion and social justice in the global South.
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Guthrie, Kevin, Catharine Hill, and Martin Kurzweil. Free Speech, Student Activism, and Social Media: Reflections from the Bowen Colloquium on Higher Education Leadership. Ithaka S+R, February 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.18665/sr.306628.

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Hicks, Jacqueline. Donor Support for ‘Informal Social Movements’. Institute of Development Studies, April 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2022.085.

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“Social movements” are by definition informal or semi-formal, as opposed to the formal structure of a stable association, such as a club, a corporation, or a political party. They are relatively long lasting over a period of weeks, months, or even years rather than flaring up for a few hours or a few days and then disappearing (Smelser et al., 2020). There is a substantial and growing body of work dedicated to social movements, encompassing a wide range of views about how to define them (Smelser et al., 2020). This is complicated by the use of other terms which shade into the idea of “social movements”, such as grass-roots mobilisation/ movements, non-traditional civil society organisations, voluntary organisations, civic space, new civic activism, active citizenship, to name a few. There is also an implied informality to the term “social movements”, so that the research for this rapid review used both “social movement” and “informal social movement”. Thus this rapid review seeks to find out what approaches do donors use to support “informal social movements” in their programming, and what evidence do they base their strategies on. The evidence found during the course of this rapid review was drawn from both the academic literature, and think-tank and donor reports. The academic literature found was extremely large and predominantly drawn from single case studies around the world, with few comparative studies. The literature on donor approaches found from both donors and think tanks was not consistently referenced to research evidence but tended to be based on interviews with experienced staff and recipients.
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Khan, Ayesha. Supporting Women’s Empowerment in Pakistan: Lessons for Donors. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), January 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2021.001.

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In a context where democratic culture and civil society space are under threat, rights-based organisations face increased restrictions on their activities, and donors are finding it harder to engage with them. However, findings show that donor support is crucial for successful women’s empowerment initiatives. Our research on women’s activism in Pakistan suggests donors should strategically support women’s social and political action for empowerment and accountability by continuing to support advocacy organisations, which develop women’s skills to engage with participatory political processes.
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Khan, Ayesha. Supporting Women’s Empowerment in Pakistan: Lessons for Donors. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), January 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2021.001.

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In a context where democratic culture and civil society space are under threat, rights-based organisations face increased restrictions on their activities, and donors are finding it harder to engage with them. However, findings show that donor support is crucial for successful women’s empowerment initiatives. Our research on women’s activism in Pakistan suggests donors should strategically support women’s social and political action for empowerment and accountability by continuing to support advocacy organisations, which develop women’s skills to engage with participatory political processes.
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Heresi, Rodrigo. From Macroeconomic Stability to Welfare: Optimizing Fiscal Rules in Commodity-Dependent Economies. Inter-American Development Bank, October 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0005197.

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I study the welfare and macroeconomic implications of simple and implementable fiscal policy rules in commodity-dependent economies, where a large share of output, exports, and government revenues depend on exogenous and volatile commodity prices. Using a multisector New Keynesian model estimated for the Chilean economy, we find that the welfare-maximizing fiscal policy involves an actively countercyclical response to the tax revenue cycle and a mildly procyclical response to the commodity revenue cycle. Compared to a benchmark acyclical policy, the optimized rule minimizes GDP growth volatility while delivering welfare gains of 0.6% of lifetime consumption to non-Ricardian (financially constrained) households. Government consumption and especially public investment are particularly helpful in stabilizing GDP, while targeted social transfers are essential to smooth the consumption of financially constrained households. Implementing the optimized rule requires moderate additional volatility (fiscal activism) in government spending and public debt.
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Chaudhuri, Subhasis. Activity Recognition in Social Media. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, December 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada636907.

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Benzarti, Youssef, Jarkko Harju, and Tuomas Matikka. Does Mandating Social Insurance Affect Entrepreneurial Activity? Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, March 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w25651.

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Fluzin, Cyprien. The Use of Administrative Measures Against an Evolving Terrorist Threat: Raising the Stakes for Human Rights, the Rule of Law, and Democracy. ICCT, March 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.19165/2024.1412.

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Terrorism in Western nations has changed significantly over the past years, putting security services to the test and prompting necessary adaptations in counter-terrorism strategies. In this context, states may be tempted to resort to more flexible and swiftly implemented tools such as administrative measures. However, this Policy Brief argues that the known risks associated with administrative measures may be magnified today by a combination of factors and pose new challenges. First, the broadening of the perceived terrorist threat, as it coincides with escalating social and political tensions in many democracies, contributes to obscuring the boundaries between activism, disorder, extremism (violent or not), and terrorism, increasing the risk of misuse as part of attempts to protect the public order. Second, the increasingly tense political climate displaying growing polarisation and escalating populist rhetoric raises additional risks of intentional abuse. Finally, it appears that the overreliance on administrative measures, even when prima facie compliant with the law, may also contribute to an erosion of some human rights and rule of law principles. In addition to causing harm to specific individuals or groups, the accumulation of these circumstances may also affect entire societies and undermine democracy altogether. This Policy Brief argues that the current backdrop calls for renewed caution in the use of administrative measures and a dramatic strengthening of existing safeguards and protections against arbitrary or unlawful uses.
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Shoham, Yoav, and Moshe Tennenholtz. Co-Learning and the Evolution of Social Activity,. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, March 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada325130.

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