The Gender Revolution on Greek Row

Contexts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
Simone Ispa-Landa ◽  
Barbara J. Risman
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
Elite Universities ◽  
Greek System ◽  
Greek World ◽  
Gender Revolution

How has the gender revolution impacted the campus Greek world? Interviews with women in sororities from the 1970s and today point to both continuity and change. Citing their sexism and segregation of white and wealthy students, alumna of sororities at elite universities have begun social movements to abolish the Greek system.

Indigenous Politics and Resistance in Latin America: Continuity and Change

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascal Lupien
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Indigenous Movements ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Political Autonomy ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
Indigenous Social Movements

Indigenous social movements have become influential political actors in Latin America over the past three decades. Indigenous peoples continue to experience higher than average political, social and economic marginalization throughout the region. The powerful organizations created by Indigenous groups and the positive outcomes they have achieved despite these barriers have produced a body of research that examines how these social movements emerged, why some have succeeded in influencing policy, the construction of collective identity, and the strategies and tactics used. Indigenous movements have made claims based on their status as pre-colonial peoples; their demands include land rights, control over natural resources, cultural recognition, and political autonomy. Indigenous movements in countries such as Bolivia, Ecuador, and Mexico have used disruptive tactics such as marches and roadblocks to demand the attention of governments, the public and media. They have also strategically participated in building alliances across borders, supporting political parties, and undertaking legal action against powerful actors including the state and extractive industries. The high-profile Indigenous protest cycle that marked the 1990s and early 2000s across Latin America began to wind down during the first decade of the 21st century, but Indigenous movements continue to engage in both politics and protest. In the digital age, they have adapted their tactics to include social media and other technologies.

Persistent connection and participation: New media use in post-peace movement Ambon, Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 1787-1803 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Rohman
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
New Media ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Peace Movement ◽  
Continuity And Change

The use of new media platforms has been evident in social movements at local, regional, and international levels. Many studies have shown that these platforms are tools to mobilize resources, facilitate coordination and information sharing, and access a wider audience. These studies, however, have been situated in the periods when the movements rise and peak, giving little attention to the use of such platforms in the post-movement phase. Based on interviews and participant observation of a peace movement in Ambon, Indonesia, this research found that the peace movement actors use Facebook, Twitter, Path, WhatsApp, SMS, and mobile phones for maintaining existing relationships, reanimating memories, keeping up with current movements, amplifying ongoing movements, and sharing new grievances. The platforms provide the actors with opportunities to sustain their existing networks. Hence, the movement persists and influences later movements. The findings offer the potential to better understand the continuity and change of technologically enabled social movements.

scholarly journals 'Topos' and Utopia in Evgenios Voulgaris' Life and Work (1716-1806)

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Iannis C. Carras
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Thought Processes ◽  
Rational System ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Slow Progression ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Many ◽  
Greek World

<p>One of the central figures of the Enlightenment in the Greek world, Evgenios Voulgaris (1716-1806) has been criticised for becoming increasingly reactionary in later years. This article argues that an understanding of the importance of place and movement in Voulgaris' world -as also in his world-view- helps explain elements of continuity and change in his writings more generally.</p><p>Rather than a shift from enlightenment to reaction, the article depicts a slow progression from an early Voulgaris intent -both in his writings and in the Athos Academy- on fusing Orthodoxy and Enlightenment, to a later Voulgaris less intent on creating a rational system out of the many influences on his thought and more insistent on the creation of a place for the Graikoi, liberated from the Ottomans.</p><p>The complex inter-relation between the geographic, political and social conditions and the thought processes of one particular individual are examined. Given these conditions, and bearing in mind the dangers of a crude geographic determinism, Voulgaris' attempts to reconcile, indeed create a rational system out of the many influences on his thought, present considerable interest but were inevitably unlikely to succeed.</p>

scholarly journals Social Movements and Social Policy: New Research Horizons

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
ARMINE ISHKANIAN
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Policy Fields ◽  
Progressive Policy ◽  
New Research

Abstract Across the globe, movements are confronting states and elites, challenging inequalities and mobilising for greater justice, a stronger voice, and progressive policy changes. In this article, I bridge the divide between Social Policy and the interdisciplinary field of Social Movement Studies. I examine how and why social movements, as actors in policy fields and social movement theories, matter for social policy. I argue that research on social movements as actors and engagement with social movement theories can open new horizons in Social Policy research by advancing our understanding of the politics of policy from a global perspective and strengthening our analytical and explanatory frameworks of agency, ideas, and power in the study of continuity and change of policy.

The Decline in the Use of the Ethnic

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Fourth Century ◽  
Christian Communities ◽  
Most Significant Change ◽  
Greek System ◽  
Significant Change ◽  
Greek World

The most significant change that occurred with the growth and expansion of Roman power in the Greek world was the piecemeal introduction of Roman names towards the end of the Hellenistic age, and, in due course, with the bestowal of Roman citizenship, the very different onomastic formulae of which led to varieties in terminology, as the Greek-speaking population was increasingly affected by the system of nomenclature employed by the Romans, and bestowed in due course on them. This chapter focuses on the changes that occurred in the traditional Greek system of ethnic forms and usage. The discussion covers multiple civic ethnics and the establishment of Christian communities in and after the fourth century.

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