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Partisan publics : communication and contention across Brazilian youth activist networks / Ann Mische.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton studies in cultural sociologyPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2008.Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781400830817
  • 1400830818
  • 9780691141046
  • 0691141045
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Partisan publics.DDC classification:
  • 322.40835/0981 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ799.2.P6
Other classification:
  • 15.85
  • 73.79
Online resources:
Contents:
Prologue: exploring Brazilian youth activism -- Institutional intersections -- Communication and mediation in contentious publics -- Leadership in the intersections -- Activist cohorts and trajectories, 1977 to 1996 -- Partisan bridging in early student and Catholic activism -- Civic mediation in the 1992 impeachment movement -- Contentious communication -- Modes of communication in institutionalized publics -- Defensive publics in university settings -- Challenger publics and stylistic innovation -- Partisan dramaturgy and the breakdown of publics -- Conclusion: parties and publics.
Summary: During the 1980s and 1990s, Brazil struggled to rebuild its democracy after twenty years of military dictatorship, experiencing financial crises, corruption scandals, political protest, and intense electoral contention. In the midst of this turmoil, Ann Mische argues in this remarkable book, youth activists of various stripes played a vital and unrecognized role, contributing new forms of political talk and action to Brazil's emerging democracy. Drawing upon extensive and rich ethnography as well as formal network analysis, Mische tracks the lives of young activists through intersect.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: exploring Brazilian youth activism -- Institutional intersections -- Communication and mediation in contentious publics -- Leadership in the intersections -- Activist cohorts and trajectories, 1977 to 1996 -- Partisan bridging in early student and Catholic activism -- Civic mediation in the 1992 impeachment movement -- Contentious communication -- Modes of communication in institutionalized publics -- Defensive publics in university settings -- Challenger publics and stylistic innovation -- Partisan dramaturgy and the breakdown of publics -- Conclusion: parties and publics.

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During the 1980s and 1990s, Brazil struggled to rebuild its democracy after twenty years of military dictatorship, experiencing financial crises, corruption scandals, political protest, and intense electoral contention. In the midst of this turmoil, Ann Mische argues in this remarkable book, youth activists of various stripes played a vital and unrecognized role, contributing new forms of political talk and action to Brazil's emerging democracy. Drawing upon extensive and rich ethnography as well as formal network analysis, Mische tracks the lives of young activists through intersect.

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