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Beyond Robodebt: Media Representations of Welfare and Fraud Before and After the Robodebt Royal Commission

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Robodebt scheme, an automated debt recovery program introduced in 2016, was exposed by the Robodebt Royal Commission (RC) as a serious failure of public administration and source of significant harm for thousands of Australians. Through a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of Australian news media, this study explores whether the RC'
Rebecca Coleman‐Hicks, Georgia van Toorn   +1 more
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Scholar-activism as an object of study in a diverse literature: preconditions, forms, and implications

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Scholar-activism—academic scholars engaging in some form of activism—has recently become a prominent phenomenon as we witness calls for scholars to engage in political, social, and environmental causes that go beyond their traditional academic duties. An
Farzana Bashiri, Eugenia Perez Vico, Anders Hylmö   +2 more
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Broadening Civic Space Through Voluntary Action Lessons from 2011 [PDF]

, 2011
This publication explores how non-formal voluntary action outside of formal organizations can lead to greater citizen participation in governance; serves as a resource to help civil society organizations (CSOs) explore the opportunities for engagement ...
Fiona Talcott
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Mobilising the Masses: Explaining the Rapid Rise of Worker Activism in Transnistria in the Late 1980s [PDF]

, 2023
K. Vernard Harrington
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Broadening the Meanings of Youth Climate Activism: A Review of the Literature from Asia

Youth
It is by now a common trope that youth climate activism has become a ‘global phenomenon’. Yet, it also has significant regional variations. This literature review analyses eighteen academic articles on the topic of youth climate activism in Asia.
Therese Boje Mortensen, Timisha Dadhich
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Fandom meets activism: Rethinking civic and political participation

Transformative Works and Cultures, 2012
Fan activism lies at the intersection of cultural and political participation. The study of fan activism can inform our understanding of contemporary collective action more broadly.
Melissa M. Brough, Sangita Shresthova
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The Revolution Will Be Televised But Not Supported: Student Protest at Marquette University [PDF]

, 2017
This project examines the factors that affect the presence of student activism and student protest at Marquette University. The current social and political environment of the United States has created an exigence to discuss how students at Marquette ...
Bridges, T.M.
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The Body as a Tool for Demanding Climate Action and Justice

Social Inclusion
The escalating frequency and intensity of natural disasters underscore the urgency of the climate crisis. Against this backdrop, the global climate movement has surged, amplifying awareness of the climate emergency and pressuring governments and ...
Margaret Tilk, Antje Jacobs, Karin Hannes   +2 more
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Worlding Sexualities under Apartheid: From Gay Liberation to a Queer Afropolitanism [PDF]

, 2016
Examining gay journalism as gay liberation literature, this essay forwards a cultural history of sexuality informed by comparative urban and queer studies. My main argument is that gay liberation literature under apartheid lags behind important shifts in
Kanika Batra
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Activism as education in and through the youth climate justice movement

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people worldwide are increasingly participating in a global movement for climate justice, yet to date, little research has examined how youth climate justice activists conceive of and experience activism as education. The present study used in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews with 16 US climate justice activists (aged 15–17) to address ...
Carlie D. Trott
wiley   +1 more source