Description
During the 1980s and 1990s, Brazil struggled to rebuild its democracy after twenty years of military dictatorship, experiencing financial crises, corruption scandals, political protest, and intense electoral contention. In the midst of this turmoil, Ann Mische argues in this remarkable book, youth activists of various stripes played a vital and unrecognized role, contributing new forms of political talk and action to Brazil's emerging democracy.
Drawing upon extensive and rich ethnography as well as formal network analysis, Mische tracks the lives of young activists through intersecting political networks, including student movements, church-based activism, political parties, nongovernmental organizations, and business and professional organizations. She probes the problems and possibilities they encountered in combining partisan activism with other kinds of civic involvement. In documenting activists' struggles to develop cross-partisan publics of various kinds, Mische explores the distinct styles of communication and leadership that emerged across organizations and among individuals.
Drawing on the ideas of Habermas, Gramsci, Dewey, and Machiavelli, Partisan Publics highlights political communication styles and the forms of mediation and leadership they give rise to--for democratic politics in Brazil and elsewhere. Insightful in its discussion of culture, methodology, and theory, Partisan Publics argues that partisanship can play a significant role in civic life, helping to build relations and institutions in an emerging democracy.
Chapter
2.1. Activist positions in a multisectoral field
2.1. Activist positions in a multisectoral field
3.1. Time line of changes in political and youth activist fields
3.1. Time line of changes in political and youth activist fields
3.2. Barreto’s trajectory
3.2. Barreto’s trajectory
3.3. Early cohort trajectories
3.3. Early cohort trajectories
3.4. Later cohort trajectories
3.4. Later cohort trajectories
3.5. Cohort involvement levels (organizations and sectors)
3.5. Cohort involvement levels (organizations and sectors)
3.6. Percent of cohorts starting activism in institutional contexts (entry years only)
3.6. Percent of cohorts starting activism in institutional contexts (entry years only)
3.7. Cohort 1: Entry period lattice
3.7. Cohort 1: Entry period lattice
3.8. Cohort 2: Entry period lattice
3.8. Cohort 2: Entry period lattice
3.9. Cohort 3: Entry period lattice
3.9. Cohort 3: Entry period lattice
3.10. Cohort 4: Entry period lattice
3.10. Cohort 4: Entry period lattice
3.11. Cohort 5: Entry period lattice
3.11. Cohort 5: Entry period lattice
3.12. Cohort trajectories: Religious, popular, and partisan involvement
3.12. Cohort trajectories: Religious, popular, and partisan involvement
3.13. Cohort trajectories: Student and socialist involvements
3.13. Cohort trajectories: Student and socialist involvements
3.14. Cohort trajectories: Civic and antidiscrimination involvement
3.14. Cohort trajectories: Civic and antidiscrimination involvement
3.15. Cohort trajectories: Professional and business involvement
3.15. Cohort trajectories: Professional and business involvement
3.16. Partisan coupling in early rising sectors
3.16. Partisan coupling in early rising sectors
3.17. Partisan coupling in later rising sectors
3.17. Partisan coupling in later rising sectors
4.1. “Situation of Man”: PJ—São Paulo (1982)
4.1. “Situation of Man”: PJ—São Paulo (1982)
4.2. “Evolutionary stages of a group”: PJ—Rio Grande do Sul (1984)
4.2. “Evolutionary stages of a group”: PJ—Rio Grande do Sul (1984)
4.3. The five spheres of Christian militancy
4.3. The five spheres of Christian militancy
5.1. Youth leaders by groups lattice
5.1. Youth leaders by groups lattice
5.2. Time line of the impeachment movement
5.2. Time line of the impeachment movement
5.3. T1: Articulation lattice (youth and groups at events)
5.3. T1: Articulation lattice (youth and groups at events)
5.4. T2: Denunciation lattice (youth and groups at events)
5.4. T2: Denunciation lattice (youth and groups at events)
5.5. T3: Mobilization lattice (youth and groups at events)
5.5. T3: Mobilization lattice (youth and groups at events)
7.1. Alliance structure at Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP)
7.1. Alliance structure at Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP)
7.2. Alliance structure at the University of São Paulo (USP)
7.2. Alliance structure at the University of São Paulo (USP)
7.3. Alliance structure at Mackensie University
7.3. Alliance structure at Mackensie University
8.1. Leadership orientations and modes of communication
8.1. Leadership orientations and modes of communication
8.2. Distribution of leadership types within movement settings
8.2. Distribution of leadership types within movement settings
9.1. Stylistic orientations among partisan forces
9.1. Stylistic orientations among partisan forces
9.2. Possible “arcs of alliances” among UNE Congress forces
9.2. Possible “arcs of alliances” among UNE Congress forces
9.3. The positioning of forces in the major plenary sessions
9.3. The positioning of forces in the major plenary sessions
9.4. Shifts in the plenary: Vote on regional congresses
9.4. Shifts in the plenary: Vote on regional congresses
A.1. Cohort distribution by questionnaire context
A.1. Cohort distribution by questionnaire context
4.1. Early student movement tendencies and their partisan trajectories
4.1. Early student movement tendencies and their partisan trajectories
5.1. Impeachment related events
5.1. Impeachment related events
6.1. Four modes of skilled political communication
6.1. Four modes of skilled political communication
6.2. Affiliation profiles for UNE and PJMP
6.2. Affiliation profiles for UNE and PJMP
6.3. Comparison of student and Catholic publics
6.3. Comparison of student and Catholic publics
7.1. Relational and institutional constraints on modes of communication
7.1. Relational and institutional constraints on modes of communication
8.1. Leadership orientations and communicative skills
8.1. Leadership orientations and communicative skills
8.2. Characteristics of challenger publics
8.2. Characteristics of challenger publics
8.3. Affiliation profile: National Coordination of Black University Scholars
8.3. Affiliation profile: National Coordination of Black University Scholars
8.4. Titles of National Encounters of Course Executives, 1994
8.4. Titles of National Encounters of Course Executives, 1994
8.5. Affiliation profile: National Forum of Course Executives
8.5. Affiliation profile: National Forum of Course Executives
8.6. Affiliation profile: Federation of Junior Enterprises of São Paulo
8.6. Affiliation profile: Federation of Junior Enterprises of São Paulo
9.1. Discursive practices in four modes of communication
9.1. Discursive practices in four modes of communication
10.1. Strengths and weaknesses of partisanship
10.1. Strengths and weaknesses of partisanship
A.1. Classification of sectoral involvements
A.1. Classification of sectoral involvements
A.2. Comparison of means across cohorts
A.2. Comparison of means across cohorts
Chapter 3: Activist Cohorts and Trajectories, 1977 to 1996
Chapter 3: Activist Cohorts and Trajectories, 1977 to 1996
Chapter 4: Partisan Bridging in Early Student and Catholic Activism
Chapter 4: Partisan Bridging in Early Student and Catholic Activism
Chapter 5: Civic Mediation in the 1992 Impeachment Movement
Chapter 5: Civic Mediation in the 1992 Impeachment Movement
Part Two: Contentious Communication
Part Two: Contentious Communication
Chapter 6: Modes of Communication in Institutionalized Publics
Chapter 6: Modes of Communication in Institutionalized Publics
Chapter 7: Defensive Publics in University Settings
Chapter 7: Defensive Publics in University Settings
Chapter 8: Challenger Publics and Stylistic Innovation
Chapter 8: Challenger Publics and Stylistic Innovation
Chapter 9: Partisan Dramaturgy and the Breakdown of Publics
Chapter 9: Partisan Dramaturgy and the Breakdown of Publics
Chapter 10: Conclusion: Parties and Publics
Chapter 10: Conclusion: Parties and Publics
Partisan Publics
：Communication and Contention across Brazilian Youth Activist Networks
( Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology )
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