Front matter
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN SOCIAL POLICY: CHALLENGES FOR CHANGE
THE CHANGING NATURE OF THE ‘POLITICAL’
POLITICAL (DIS)ENGAGEMENT The changing nature of the ‘political’
Contents
List of figures and tables vi Notes on contributors vii Acknowledgements x one Introduction 1 Nathan Manning Part One: The changing landscape of politics 25 two Does participation always have a democratic spirit? 27 Michele Micheletti three Love always wins: All Out’s campaign for equality 53 everywhere Andre Banks four Social media and political participation: BBC World Service 77 and the Arabic Spring Marie Gillespie, Nesrine Abdel Sattar and Mina Lami
Part Two: Contemporary political (dis)engagements 105 five Feeling politics: the importance of emotions for 107 understanding electoral (dis)engagement Nathan Manning six UK Uncut: direct action against austerity 131 Tim Street seven Doubly disillusioned? Young Muslims and mainstream 151 British politics Parveen Akhtar Part Three: The politics of identity and marginalisation 173 eight Political engagement among ethnic minority young 175 people: exploring new grammars of action Therese O’ Toole nine ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere’ 199 Francine Fernandes ten Political participation is self-interest ... but not inthe way 217 you might think Stephen Reicher, Yashpal Jogdand and Caoimhe Ryan
eleven Conclusion: politics as an open-ended process 239 Nathan Manning
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