Sixties Radicalism and Social Movement Activism

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Author: Bryn JonesISBN: 9780857285737Publisher: Anthem PressYear first published: 16 Oct 2012Pages: 286 Format: Paperback / softbackThis book's four main aims are to examine: first ly, why movements happened in the socio-historical context of sixties' radicalism; secondly, its distinctive legacy of crucial, cultural, societal and political interconnections; thirdly, continuing links between seminal ideas and movements and socio-political activism today; fourthly little-discussed national instances and divergent impacts of sixties radicalism, in relation to contemporary 'global' social movements. A conclusion traces all these dimensions from current social movements back to sixties radicalism's pioneering upheavals. Show more