The chief goal of African feminism has been to better women’s dire conditions in a mainly patriarchal society. Over the last five years however, tide appears be turning as feminists across continent make greater use online platforms work change. This paper discusses ways which women are using Twitter protest against abusive face including early and forced marriages, domestic abuse, abduction, s...

This article argues that “health activism” as a concept has been overlooked as an important element of health communication and situates the concept in relation to key areas of research in the field, including health citizenship and community organizing. The author presents theoretical frameworks for comparing and contrasting health-related social action based on issue focus and political orien...

The past decade has witnessed an emergent form of activism increasingly defined by its reliance on internet strategies, network social structures and participatory practices. Internet strategies employed by many contemporary activists include websites, listservs and hyperlinked networks used for exchanging information, mobilizing both old and new constituencies, and coordinating collective acti...

This paper examines a large, nearly universal sample of hedge fund activism between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2005. Hedge fund activism is when a hedge fund files a 13D filing after taking an initial stake of 5 percent or more in the company, and clearly states in the filing’s “purpose” section that it intends to proactively influence management’s future decisions. We find that hedge fun...

There is widespread agreement that the process of election campaigning, particularly the roles of parties and the news media, have been transformed during recent decades. Many are concerned that these developments have generated widespread apathy, or even alienation, from the traditional modes of electoral participation in representative democracies. This tendency is thought to be particularly ...

This study investigates the mechanisms under which radical collective activism become politically salient. Although there have been numerous explanations for radical activism, little agreement exists concerning the specific mechanisms which underlie this process, especially in deeply divided societies and in those facing [perceived or real] political threats. I identify three important clusters...