Occupying Political Science [electronic resource] : The Occupy Wall Street Movement from New York to the World /
Welty, E.editor.
Bolton, M.editor.
Nayak, M.editor.
Malone, C.editor.
Occupying Political Science is a collection of critical essays by New York based scholars, researchers, and activists, which takes an unconventional look at the Occupy Wall Street movement through concepts found in the field of political science. Both normative and descriptive in its approach, Occupying Political Science seeks to understand not only the origins, logic, and prospects of the OWS movement, but also its effect on political institutions, activism, and the very way we analyze power. It does so by asking questions such as: How does OWS make us rethink the discipline of political science, and how might the political science discipline offer ways to understand and illuminate aspects of OWS? How does social location influence OWS, our efforts to understand it, and the social science that we do? Through addressing topics including social movements and non-violent resistance, surveillance and means of social control, electoral arrangements, new social media and technology, and global connections, the authors offer a unique approach that takes seriously the implications of their physical, social and disciplinary location, in New York, both in relation to Occupy Wall Street, and in their role as scholars in political science.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations                            ; Introduction: We Had a Front Row Seat to a Downtown Revolution                                                                     ; One Occupy Wall Street as a Palimpsest: Overview of a Dynamic Movement                                                                             ; Two Demands Belong to the 99%? The Conf lict over Demands, Issues, and Goals in OWS
Three The Art of Nonviolence: The Adaptations and Improvisations of Occupy Wall Street                                                                                             Four The FLO Consensus                             ; Five This Space Is Occupied!: The Politics of Occupy Wall Street's Expeditionary Architecture and De-gentrifying Urbanism
Six barricades dot net: Post-Fordist Policing in Occupied New York City                                                                              Seven OWS and US Electoral Politics: An Early Critical Assessment                                                                        ; Eight The Anti-Globalization Movement and OWS                                                    ; Nine The Politics of the "Global"
Ten An Occupied Political Science: Concluding Ref lections on Downtown Political Thinking                                                                                                Contributors                   ; Index
Includes index.
Occupying Political Science is a collection of critical essays by New York based scholars, researchers, and activists, which takes an unconventional look at the Occupy Wall Street movement through concepts found in the field of political science. Both normative and descriptive in its approach, Occupying Political Science seeks to understand not only the origins, logic, and prospects of the OWS movement, but also its effect on political institutions, activism, and the very way we analyze power. It does so by asking questions such as: How does OWS make us rethink the discipline of political science, and how might the political science discipline offer ways to understand and illuminate aspects of OWS? How does social location influence OWS, our efforts to understand it, and the social science that we do? Through addressing topics including social movements and non-violent resistance, surveillance and means of social control, electoral arrangements, new social media and technology, and global connections, the authors offer a unique approach that takes seriously the implications of their physical, social and disciplinary location, in New York, both in relation to Occupy Wall Street, and in their role as scholars in political science.
Occupy Wall Street (Movement)
Europe—Politics and government.
Political communication.
Political science.
European Politics.
Political Communication.
Political Science.