Public event: Arab spring, summer of protest: A next generation of social activism?

There is something brewing underneath the surface. Recent months have seen a surge of drastic forms of citizen action in various parts of the world. The 'Arab spring'  was followed by a summer of protest followed touching countries like Greece, Spain, Israel and other parts of Western  Europe. Are we witnessing the awakening of a new generation of social activism, and if so, what are the new strategies, agenda's, structures and emerging connections?

Civic Exploration

In the previous two civic exploration newsletters, we’ve explored a number of ‘revolt’ style on and off line responses. In this edition we shine our light on citizen-led efforts to promote Transparency and Accountability, in short TAIs. Thriving on mass communication and in particular web 2.0 technology, TAIS such as budget tracking, citizen corruption watch and online vigilantism are taking the world by storm. Please have a look at the newsletter for the latest news in the TAI-field, its par...