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In June 2013, protesters took to the streets of hundreds of Brazilian cities. The mobilizing factor was the rising fares of public transportation, which precipitated a wave of discontentment characterized by a mix of demands for better public services and changes in the discredited democratic institutions. This article discusses the role of social media in the protests and how such use configures a paradigmatic example of how communication occurs in network societies. To frame the discussion, we examine social media appropriation for the purposes of political participation through a survey applied online in 17 countries and an in-depth analysis of protests in Brazil. Looking at the Brazilian protests, the ways in which the appropriation of social media occurred and institutional responses to demonstrations developed, we argue that in the network society, the people, and no longer the media, are the message. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

In 1967, an extensive survey on factors of social mobilization in Yugoslavia was administered to 1,186 S's, in 24 communes, representing a cross-section of economic development & social-national backgrounds. Mobilization at the individual level was measured in terms of educational level, mass media exposure, & extent of domestic & foreign travel. 2 attitudinal variables were studied & compared with the mobilization measure. Traditionalism-modernism & particularism-universalism were measured in responses to 5 questions & were Guttman-scale analyzed. Theoretically, higher levels of social mobilization should be linked to higher levels of modernism & higher levels of cultural universalism, & higher levels of modernism should be linked to higher levels of cultural universalism. Empirically, groups within Yugoslavia most likely to become socially mobilized for value change, were identified & the nature of the change phenomenon from social mobilization was studied. While the social mobilization index is rising, the gains are limited to certain elite groups. The masses & nonparty members were isolated from the change stimuli. Once mobilization was achieved, value changes were equally likely to occur within the elite, & within the masses & the nonparty members. Positive correlations between mobilization & the modernization & universalism indicators were established. 6 Tables. S. Lupton.

Die Krise in Südafrika wird nicht nur auf die Politik der Apartheid, sondern auch auf "massive soziale Mobilisierung" als Folge von "Modernisierung" und auf den "revolutionären Volkskrieg" zurückgeführt. Der Verfasser räumt ein, daß die Legitimations-Basis der Regierung eingeengt ist, so daß diese zu schwach erscheint, um die Gesellschaft zu reformieren. Er wendet sich dann, allein gestützt auf regierungsfreundliche südafrikanische Literatur, einer kritischen Analyse des African National Congress (ANC) zu, der auf gewalttätige Revolution und Marxismus festgelegt sei. Jedoch kontrolliere der ANC den Aufstand der schwarzen Massen in Südafrika nur begrenzt und sei außerstande, die Regierung zu stürzen; deren Reformpläne würden stärker vom konservativen weißen Protest gelähmt. So entsteht ein Patt, aus dem nur "grundsätzlicher Wandel" heraushilft. Auch wenn er stattfinden sollte, werden politische Gewalttaten weitergehen, so daß die wichtige Rolle der Sicherheitsbehörden im Krisenmanagement erhalten bleibt. Der Verfasser arbeitet für das private südafrikanische Consulting "Analysis, Management and Systems (Pty) Ltd." (APAF-Ans)

Chilean case studies explore the potential of women's employment initiatives to foster social mobilization addressing the underlying socio-political factors related to poverty and unemployment. Some insight is provided regarding the emergence of collective endeavours, factors favouring their development, and barriers to social and political involvement.

In this essay I make a recount of the social mobilization of women in Panama, throughout the decades of XX century XXI century, in which groups organized by them, as they have manifested in favor of and against those joint and structural events that have allowed changes to the legal and normative framework of our Nation-State. I present some background that places women in the search for the construction of a democratic, participatory and egalitarian Panamanian society that establishes equal opportunities as the most just aspiration of humanity. ; En este ensayo hago un recuento de la movilización social de las mujeres en Panamá, a lo largo de las décadas del siglo XX al siglo XXI; en las que grupos organizados por ellas se han manifestado en favor y en contra de esos eventos coyunturales y estructurales que han permitido los cambios al marco jurídico y normativo de nuestro Estado-Nación. Presento algunos antecedentes que ubican a la mujer en la búsqueda por la construcción de una sociedad panameña democrática, participativa e igualitaria que establece la igualdad de oportunidades como la aspiración más justa de la humanidad.

Major theories of civil war emphasize the social and military attributes of rural terrain as key causes of conflict. This focus has led scholars to ignore important urban insurgencies in the Middle East and South Asia. This article makes two arguments about the roots of urban insurgency. First, it shows that robust urban social mobilization is possible and common. This can provide a social base for rebellion in areas that prevailing theories deem unlikely sites of civil war. Second, the article argues that, given social mobilization, urban insurgency emerges when security forces are politically constrained in their use of violence, opening space for sustained violence. A study of the rise of insurgency in Karachi from 1978 to 1996 and discussions of Iraq and Northern Ireland illustrate the plausibility of this argument. State policy and strategy, rather than state capacity, can play a central role in civil war onset.

Critical Literature Review -- Theorizing the Green Movement : A Foucauldian Model -- The Coming of a Disciplinary Society to Post-Revolutionary Iran : Ordinary Iranians and Everyday Resistance -- Social Mobilization and Political Contestation in Iran at the Turn of the Millennium : The 1999 Student Movement and the 2006 Women's One Million Signature Campaign -- The Green Movement as a Movement of Movements and the Rise of a Homegrown, Rights-Based Society in Post-Revolutionary Iran Conclusion : What were the Iranians Dreaming about in 2009? The Green Movement of Counterconduct : A History of the Past, the Present and the Future

This paper aims to establish relevant features about social movement made through Twitter, as a result of the protests in Venezuela, during February and March, 2014. This study was part of a qualitative and quantitative perspective research. The main results allow us to observe the emergence of unconventional political participations, at least in the Venezuelan political and social scene, led by mainstreaming contents disseminated by users through the hashtags selected for the development of this work. © 2017. All Rights Reserved. ; El presente trabajo busca establecer las características relevantes sobre el movimiento social realizado a través de Twitter, como resultado de las protestas llevadas a cabo en Venezuela, durante los meses de febrero y marzo de 2014. Este estudio se enmarcó en una perspectiva cuali y cuantitativa de investigación, cuyos resultados principales nos permiten observar el surgimiento de participaciones políticas no convencionales, en el escenario político y social venezolano. Los contenidos seleccionados para el desarrollo de este trabajo fueron divulgados por los usuarios a través de las hashtags.