Culture and social change transforming society through the power of ideas / edited by Brady Wagoner, Eric Jensen, and Julian A. Oldmeadow.

Other author Wagoner, Brady, 1980-
Other author Jensen, Eric, 1981-
Other author Oldmeadow, Julian A.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCharlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub.,
Descriptionxiv, 343 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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SeriesAdvances in culture psychology
Contents Series editor preface: semiotic freedom for the social sciences: inquiry in a new key / Jaan Valsiner -- Introduction: changing times, changing science / Brady Wagoner, Eric Jensen, and Julian Oldmeadow -- Collective action in context -- The psychology of collective action: crowds and change / John Drury, Steve Reicher, and Clifford Scott -- Commentary: collectives may protest, but how do authorities respond? / Flora Cornish -- Change we can believe in: the role of social identity, cognitive -- Alternatives, and leadership in group mobilization and transformation / Stephen D. Reicher and S. Alexander Haslam -- Commentary: change non-westerners can believe in / Fathali Moghaddam, Zach Warren, and Rhea Vance-Cheng -- Communicating change -- Metaphor and stories in discourse about personal and social change / David Ritchie -- Commentary: the earth, olympus, and the commuter bus / Carlos Cornejo -- Balancing stability and change: a neo-diffusionist perspective on cultural dynamics of socially transformative ideas / Yoshihisa Kashima, Boyka Bratanova, and Kim Peters -- Commentary: the meeting of ideas: diffusion, dialogical interaction, and social change / Brady Wagoner -- Scientific controversies and the struggle for symbolic power / Eric Jensen -- Commentary: the struggle for scientific consensus: communicating climate science around cop-15 / Rick Holliman -- Societies in transition -- Mediating social change in authoritarian and democratic states: irony, hybridity, and corporate censorship / Eric Jensen -- Commentary: subversively funny: critical humor in art / Lisa Sayles -- Assessing social change through social capital: local leadership and social-political change in Bolivia / Martin Mendoza -- Commentary: social influence and social change: states and strategies of social capital / Gordon Sammut and Mohammad Sartawi -- Changing fields, changing habitusus: the field of public service in post-soviet ukraine / Anastasia Ryabchuk -- Commentary: dependent independence: a mechanism for conciliating determinism and freedom / Maaris Raudsepp -- Conclusion: a cyclical model of social change / Brady Wagoner, Eric Jensen, and Julian Oldmeadow.
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