This interdisciplinary collection examines how contemporary movements are reshaping political, social, and environmental landscapes through both online and offline means, including creative expression and grassroots mobilisation.
This book analyses non-violent activism, political resistance, mobilisation, responses to hate, and environmental activism. It brings together a wide range of academic perspectives, with contributions from scholars and practitioners across the social sciences and humanities, political science, the natural sciences, and environmental studies. By examining the synergy between online and offline actions, it highlights how these actions are interconnected with online platforms and virtual spaces, and in doing so it addresses the urgent need for compelling and legitimate civic resistance strategies in the modern world. It explores the intersection of digital platforms and real‑world action, providing fresh insights into how activism is increasingly transcending geographical, technological, and conceptual boundaries.
New Forms of Civic Resistance and Activism will appeal to scholars and students of criminology, social and political science, environmental studies, media and communication studies, cybercrime, and cyber security. It will also interest activists, policymakers, practitioners, and general readers who are curious about contemporary social movements.
This book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.
Table of Contents:
1.Emerging Voices of Civic Resistance and Activism. Part One: Civic Agency in the Face of Power. 2.Slow Activism and the Criminalisation of Contemporary Environmental Protest. 3.Grassroots Youth Organisations’ Role in Civic Activism: A Case Study of Hungarian Youth Initiatives Aiming for Educational Reform. 4.The Hunger Games Rulebook: Portraits of Civilian Volunteers in Modern War. 5.Activism in Everyday life: Caribbean women’s activism to address inequalities and end domestic violence. Part Two: Activism and Contested Spaces. 6.Civil Disobedience and the Fight to Open Drug Consumption Rooms in the UK. 7.Street Art as Resistance: The Spread of Black Lives Matter Street Murals as a Form of Collective Protest. 8.Trust the Pilot: Accountability in Build-to-Rent Housing. 9.Protect Our Pubs!: The Crooked House, Grassroots Campaigning and Heritage Pub Protection. Part Three: Digital Activism and Global Civic Engagement. 10.New Horizons: Interactions Between Video Games and Activism. 11.Fan Power: How Music Fans Are Remixing Activism Online. 12.Digital Resistance and the Power of Memes. 13.The Fluidity of Civic Resistance and Activism.
About the Author :
Tine Munk is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Nottingham Trent University. She specialises in cybercrime, cybersecurity, and digital threats in political, war, and conflict contexts, with a particular focus on political attacks, actors, power relations, and memetic warfare.
Elliot Doornbos is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Nottingham Trent University. He is currently completing his doctorate, which focuses on the trafficking of whale shark fins. An interdisciplinary scholar, his research centres on green criminology, species justice, and transnational organised crime.
Ian Mahoney is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Deputy Director of the Centre for Crime, Offending, Prevention and Engagement (COPE) at Nottingham Trent University. His research adopts a cultural criminological lens and is currently focused around exploring memetic warfare, and understanding and addressing the harms and impacts of crime and contact with the justice system across diverse groups.
