{"product_id":"palestinian-youth-activism-in-the-internet-age-9780755643769","title":"Palestinian Youth Activism in the Internet Age","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbana Dwonch was most recently Visiting Scholar at the Ibrahim Abu Lughod\u003cbr\u003eInternational Studies Institute, Birzeit University, Palestine. She has been actively\u003cbr\u003eengaged in the NGO sector in the Middle East as Youth Development practitioner.\u003cbr\u003eShe received her PhD in Near and Middle Eastern Interdisciplinary studies from the\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Washington, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt takes deep cultural knowledge to understand how people use technology.  Dwonch has immersed herself in Palestinian communities using technology to express themselves politically and to understand their political positions.  Most important, her time spent in these communities lets her explain how the role of technology in political culture varies across the generations of Palestinians trapped in a long term struggle for individual identity and collective security.\u003c\/i\u003e * Philip Howard, Director of Oxford Internet Institute and Professor of Internet Studies, University of Oxford, UK *\u003cbr\u003eAlbana Dwonch’s analysis of Palestinian youth makes important contributions on two levels. It unveils the simmering tension between young, nationalist Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza, and Israel and the established national organizations that are supposed to be representing them. At the same time, \u003ci\u003ePalestinian Youth Activism in the Internet Age\u003c\/i\u003e sheds important light on a process that has permeated the entire Middle East, and beyond: young people’s use of social media to challenge and transform existing politics. Dwonch expertly mixes novel analysis with telling anecdotes that bring these youthful activists to life. * Joel S. Migdal, Robert F. Philip Professor of International Studies, University of Washington, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: New Social Movements in the Internet Age Chapter Three: The Rise and Fall of the Arab Spring Chapter Four:  Gaza’s Forgotten Revolution Chapter Five: At a Crossroads in the West Bank - In Search of a Lost Strategy Chapter Six: Between Old Demands and New Protests: Stop The Prawer Movement. A Case Study of Palestinian Youth activism in Israel, 2011-2013 Chapter Seven: Concluding Remarks Bibliography","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742290313559,"sku":"9780755643769","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780755643769.jpg?v=1758384024","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/palestinian-youth-activism-in-the-internet-age-9780755643769","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}