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Since 2010 we have witnessed new ways of assembling, which have made the word 'democracy' sound important again. These practices may not have led to the political changes we had hoped for. Nevertheless, we are convinced of their importance. This book wants to acknowledge them as a starting point for a new art of being many: The 'many' invoke new concepts of collectivity by renegotiating their modes of participation and (self-)presentation and by rewriting rhetorical, choreographical, and material scripts of assembling. This volume is inspired and informed by the square-occupations and neighborhood assemblies of the 'real democracy' movements as well as by recent explorations of the assembly form in performance art and participatory theatre.

Theatrical science --- drama [literature] --- Collective behavior. --- Crowds. --- Democracy --- Negotiation. --- Politics and culture. --- Social movements. --- Theater rehearsals. --- Philosophy. --- drama [discipline] --- kunstsociologie

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Since 2010 we have witnessed new ways of assembling, which have made the word »democracy« sound important again. These practices may not have led to the political changes we had hoped for. Nevertheless, we are convinced of their importance. This book wants to acknowledge them as a starting point for a new art of being many: The »many« invoke new concepts of collectivity by renegotiating their modes of participation and (self-)presentation and by rewriting rhetorical, choreographical, and material scripts of assembling. This volume is inspired and informed by the square-occupations and neighborhood assemblies of the »real democracy« movements as well as by recent explorations of the assembly form in performance art and participatory theatre. Besprochen in: Zivilgesellschaft Info, 30.03.2017

Theater rehearsals. --- Collective behavior. --- Crowds. --- Persons --- Collective behavior --- Riots --- Behavior, Collective --- Crowd behavior --- Crowds --- Mass behavior --- Human behavior --- Social action --- Social psychology --- Rehearsals, Theater --- Psychology --- Art; Activism; Democracy; Assembly; Politics; Culture; Civil Society; Social Relations; Cultural Studies; Social Movements --- Activism. --- Assembly. --- Civil Society. --- Cultural Studies. --- Culture. --- Democracy. --- Politics. --- Social Movements. --- Social Relations.

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Political revolutions, economic meltdowns, mass ideological conversions and collective innovation adoptions occur often, but when they do happen, they tend to be the least expected. Based on the paradigm of 'leading from the periphery', this groundbreaking analysis offers an explanation for such spontaneity and apparent lack of leadership in contentious collective action. Contrary to existing theories, the author argues that network effects in collective action originating from marginal leaders can benefit from a total lack of communication. Such network effects persist in isolated islands of contention instead of overarching action cascades, and are shown to escalate in globally dispersed, but locally concentrated networks of contention. This is a trait that can empower marginal leaders and set forth social dynamics distinct from those originating in the limelight. Leading from the Periphery and Network Collective Action provides evidence from two Middle Eastern uprisings, as well as behavioral experiments of collective risk-taking in social networks.

Collective behavior --- Social networks --- Political sociology. --- Protest movements. --- Social movements. --- Movements, Social --- Social history --- Social psychology --- Social movements --- Mass political behavior --- Political behavior --- Political science --- Sociology --- Networking, Social --- Networks, Social --- Social networking --- Social support systems --- Support systems, Social --- Interpersonal relations --- Cliques (Sociology) --- Microblogs --- Behavior, Collective --- Crowd behavior --- Crowds --- Mass behavior --- Human behavior --- Social action --- Political aspects. --- Sociological aspects --- Psychology

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This book analyzes the newspaper coverage of one of America’s most famous and dramatic trials–the trial of the “Chicago 8.” Covering a five month period from September 1969 to February 1970 the book considers the way eight radical activists including Black Panther leader Bobby Seale, antiwar activists Tom Hayden, David Dellinger, and Rennie Davis, and leading Yippies, Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin are represented in the press. How did the New York Times represent Judge Hoffman’s decision to chain and gag Bobby Seale in the courtroom for demanding his right to represent himself? To what extent did the press adequately describe the injustice visited on the defendants in the trial by the presiding Judge, Julius J Hoffman? The author aims to answer these questions and demonstrate the press’s reluctance to criticize Judge Hoffman in the case until the evidence of his misconduct of the trial became overwhelming.

World politics. --- Chicago Seven Trial, Chicago, Ill., 1969-1970. --- Chicago Seven Trial, Chicago, Ill., 1969-1970 --- Trials (Conspiracy) --- Riots --- Press coverage. --- History --- Civil disorders --- Chicago Eight Trial, Chicago, Ill., 1969-1970 --- Chicago Seven Conspiracy Trial, Chicago, Ill., 1969-1970 --- Chicago Seven Trial, 1969-1970 --- Assembly, Right of --- Offenses against public safety --- Political violence --- Crowds --- Demonstrations --- Mobs --- Street fighting (Military science) --- Conspiracy --- Political communication. --- United States-Politics and gover. --- Political Communication. --- US Politics. --- Political History. --- Colonialism --- Global politics --- International politics --- Political history --- Political science --- World history --- Eastern question --- Geopolitics --- International organization --- International relations --- Political communication --- United States—Politics and government. --- Chicago Seven Trial (Illinois : 1969-1970) --- Illinois --- Communication in politics. --- America --- American Politics. --- Politics and government.

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This book examines how movements from below pose challenges to the status quo. The 2010s have seen an explosion of protest movements, sometimes characterised as riots by governments and the media. But these are not new phenomena, rather reflecting thousands of years of conflict between different social classes. Beginning with struggles for democracy and control of the state in Athens and ancient Rome, this book traces the common threads of resistance through the Middle Ages in Europe and into the modern age. As classes change so does the composition of the protestors and the goals of their movements; the one common factor being how groups can mobilise to resist unbearable oppression, thereby developing a crowd consciousness that widens their political horizons and demonstrates the possibility of overthrowing the existing order. To appreciate the roots and motivations of these so-called deviants the author argues that we need to listen to the sound of the crowd. This book will be of interest to researchers of social movements, protests and riots across sociology, history and international relations.

Riots. --- Riots --- Social aspects --- History. --- Civil disorders --- Assembly, Right of --- History --- Offenses against public safety --- Political violence --- Crowds --- Demonstrations --- Mobs --- Street fighting (Military science) --- Crime—Sociological aspects. --- Criminology. --- Terrorism. --- Sociology, Urban. --- Criminal Law. --- History, Modern. --- Crime and Society. --- Criminological Theory. --- Terrorism and Political Violence. --- Urban Studies/Sociology. --- Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law. --- Modern History. --- Modern history --- World history, Modern --- World history --- Crime --- Crimes and misdemeanors --- Criminals --- Law, Criminal --- Penal codes --- Penal law --- Pleas of the crown --- Public law --- Criminal justice, Administration of --- Criminal procedure --- Urban sociology --- Cities and towns --- Acts of terrorism --- Attacks, Terrorist --- Global terrorism --- International terrorism --- Political terrorism --- Terror attacks --- Terrorist acts --- Terrorist attacks --- World terrorism --- Direct action --- Insurgency --- Political crimes and offenses --- Subversive activities --- Terror --- Social sciences --- Law and legislation --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Study and teaching --- Political violence. --- Criminal law. --- Violence --- Terrorism