From the liberal standpoint, the essential thing is that the new issue provokes opposition from the forces of reaction, who may then be conquered in a public and dramatic fashion by
the political mobilization of liberal forces.
Nippert oversteps when she claims that
political mobilization is the cause of falling church attendance.
I am suggesting, however, that there is a problem with a rhetorical cycle that seems to reward an uncompromising, absolutist approach to public life, for it results in as much political disengagement as
political mobilization.
New «netroots» political associations have arisen in the past decade and play an increasingly prominent role in citizen
political mobilization.
In my book, I have shown that the project of Islamist populism is facing a crisis of
political mobilization in contemporary India and Bangladesh due to the challenges of mobilizing across a heterogeneous Muslim community, and the tensions between nationalist and internationalist appeals facing Islamism.
By contrast, in Bangladesh, the concept of Ummah being central to Jamaati Islamism reaped comparatively better results in terms of
political mobilization.
As an effective tool of
political mobilization, the universal concept of Ummah is absolutely crucial in Islamist political ideology.
This explosive rise, non-normal distribution and lack of organization that characterizes contemporary politics as a chaotic system, can explain why many
political mobilizations of our times seem to come from nowhere.
Here we report results from a randomized controlled trial of
political mobilization messages delivered to 61 million Facebook users during the 2010 US congressional elections.
The internet's potential for
political mobilization has been highlighted for more than a decade, but we know little about what particular kinds of information and communication technologies are most important when it comes to getting people involved in politics and about what this means for the active exercise of engaged citizenship.
Stressing the importance of mundane internet tools in processes of
political mobilization (really one should include mobile phones in this, something I hope to research more in the future) does not mean that these tools are the most important internet technologies for all political processes (fundraising, PR, etc) let alone all social processes (online banking, open software development), or in all contexts (think «digital divide»).
The authors of Political Turbulence discuss how the explosive rise, non-normal distribution and lack of organization that characterizes contemporary politics as a chaotic system, can explain why many
political mobilizations of our times seem to come from nowhere.
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«Political conflicts are ultimately resolved through
political mobilization and activism,» the researchers write in their study, published online Feb. 3 in the journal Climate Change.
He is now studying how word - of - mouth phenomena like fads and rumors flow through groups of people, hoping to apply this knowledge to processes such as
political mobilization.
Yet they also acknowledge the need for
political mobilization given the increased likelihood that Yasuni will again be considered open to oil exploration — what Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has repeatedly characterized as his only plan B alternative if global funding doesn't come through.
Representatives from the Peoria People's Project attended an AROS meeting in April in Chicago, sharing their strategies for increased revenues and
political mobilization to ensure investment in public schools.
Formed in New York City in 1991 through their immersion in AIDS activism during a decade of increasing
political mobilization around gay rights, fierce pussy brought lesbian identity and visibility directly into the streets.
These projects underscore the critical role of women — as activists, artists, and community leaders — in the cultural and
political mobilization in response to crisis.
Since the May 18, 1980 Democratic Uprising, the negotiation of public space in Gwangju has played a crucial role in the transformation of South Korea — it has even come to signify a model for effective
political mobilization.
Of course, there's a risk of manipulation or polarization, but they also have the power to activate global
political mobilization.
Our focus must be on the demands of the science, and as that science becomes incontestable, it must shift to
the political mobilization that is necessary to meet these demands.
The implication would seem to be that information - based science advocacy has had only a minor effect on public concern, while
political mobilization by elites and advocacy groups is critical in influencing climate change concern.
Not exact matches
We need to convert the energy, skills, and grassroots experience and insights of our country's many citizen - based
mobilization efforts into more effective
political power.
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While ostensibly eschewing «the male paradigm of confrontation,» Faludi thinks in terms of male
mobilization, a
political mechanism for confrontation.
A conservative tradition may be intellectually inspiring but can not achieve results; the conservative
mobilization after 1964 which accelerated in the 1970s and was further boosted by the Reagan victory produced a movement which reinforced, though was sometimes at odds with, the Republican Party and was able to elect candidates and project itself in the
political arena.
With this
mobilization in mind, the All - Russia People's Front (ONF)-- a Kremlin - crafted
political movement, founded in 2011 — has recently become more prominent after lying low during the Duma election campaign season.
A key idea: the three Ms of
political email are messaging,
mobilization and money.
However, some experts express skepticism that social media activity really indicates high levels of actual
political participation and
mobilization.
Today, as varying levels of
mobilization recall Mubarak's last years in power, the call for transitional justice may have to become a strategy for
political pressure in Egypt, before it can become a process for genuine change.
Tools and organization translated the efforts of millions — mobilized by Obama's charisma, rhetoric, and the
political opportunity to elect a Democrat and African American to the presidency — into the concrete electoral resources that formed the mantra for the campaign's New Media Division: «money, message, and
mobilization.»
It is because Muslims have not been integrated into India's
political process that they are amenable to «religious» forms of
mobilization as well as militancy.
I'm not arguing that
political marketers should ignore Facebook, but its current relatively low response rate as a
mobilization tool should at least figure into the value we place on a Facebook following.
While calling for
mobilization of all strata of the society in the pursuit of good governance, the governor added that credible
political representation and promotion of social governance would result in good economic governance.
«A Publicity Committee comprising 9 members across the South Western Geo —
political Zone was constituted for awareness creation and
mobilization of support for the Bill.
Just as important, it began the
mobilization of the community as a
political force.
According to
political scientist Michael McDonald, this defies previous patterns, suggesting Democratic voter
mobilization efforts — such as mail balloting — could counter the GOP «enthusiasm» advantage and benefit Senator Kay Hagan.
While it's rhetoric is often particularly acerbic, AQE utilizes a typical array of tactics familiar in the advocacy world, including marches and rallies, op - eds, reports and press conferences, as well as
political campaign efforts, both in
mobilization of members and allies, and financial.
The level of public concern about this global issue is mostly influenced by the
mobilization efforts of
political leaders and advocacy groups, new research shows.
Although Russian history studies are mostly focused on research of military, ideological,
political and
mobilization aspects of war, we always remember about the tragic and heroic destiny of Russian women soldiers and the aftermath of the war that had a heavy incidence on Russian women.
We documented evidence of this association, however, to illustrate that regardless of the institutional and
political origins of student rights, today legal
mobilization in schools largely reflects patterns of socioeconomic inequalities.
A desire that requires the integration of a new ethic based on respect for differences, involves decision,
political will,
mobilization and organization of all educational agents to foster a dynamic and critical thinking that generate new ideas which promote economic and social development.
The Internet has become a key factor in elevating the civic voice in the
political process, whether for protest,
mobilization or elections.
In so doing it suggests a more nuanced approach to technological production (be it hard, soft, or wet) that insists on materiality and the
mobilization of a new
political imaginary.
She participated in the explosion of late 1970's artist generated activity which included Collaborative Projects, Group Material, Artists Call Against US Intervention in Central America (a nationwide
mobilization of writers, artists, activists, artists organizations, and solidarity groups that began in New York in 1983), P.A.D.D. (
Political Artists Documentation and Distribution), Artmakers, Ventana (a collective of artists in Support of the Artists threatened by US aggression in the Contra wars of the 80's in Central America).
Today, the
political role of art is mostly seen as being twofold: (1) critique of the dominant
political, economic, and art system, and (2)
mobilization of the audience toward changing this system through a Utopian promise.
This is Plan B — a wartime
mobilization, an all - out response that is designed to avoid destabilizing economic and
political stresses that will come with unmanageable climate change.
In a country with so much
political upheaval, that kind of fast reaction time and
mobilization is important.
BUT — until the government leadership is willing to engage in a much more serious discussion of the wide range of observed and projected harmful IMPACTS of climate change (not just that we can't predict them and their rate of occurrence «exactly»), they will undermine the
mobilization of
political will needed to drive support for the change in energy technology that they claim to support.