The moments of 2011 : Democracy, social justice, dignity
(2013) Development and Change — Vol. 44, n° 3, p. 547-567 (2013)
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- In this contribution, we argue that post-2010 activisms, ranging from the Arab revolts to the Occupy movement, the Indignados and anti-austerity protests in Europe, and the pro-democracy protests in Russia and Mexico, exhibit three kinds of commonalities. These are a common infrastructure of networks and meetings that facilitate rapid diffusion; a generational background shaped both by the precariousness of paid work and by exposure to and participation in global information streams; and, most fundamentally, a shared articulation of demands and practices. We argue that three interconnected concepts have been at the core of both the demands and the identity of these movements: democracy, social justice and dignity. Flowing from these three shared values and practices, post-2010 activisms also share a mistrust of institutional politics and a determination not to become corrupted by power which run deeper than in previous generations of activists, and which pose an ongoing challenge to their involvement with formal politics
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Glasius, M., & Pleyers, G. (2013). The moments of 2011 : Democracy, social justice, dignity. Development and Change, 44(3), 547-567. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12034 (Original work published 2013)