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The Power of Morality in Movements : Civic Engagement in Climate Justice, Human Rights, and Democracy

Sevelsted, Anders LU (2022) In Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies
Abstract
This Open Access book explores the role of morality in social movements. Morality has always been central to social movements whether it be in the form of the moral foundations of movement claims, politics and ideologies, the values motivating participation, the new moral principles envisioned and practiced among movement participants, or the overall struggle over society’s moral values that movements engage in. This is evident in movements emerging from recent interlinked crises: the crisis of human rights, the climate crisis, and the developing crisis of democracy. In analyzing these current events through a variety of theoretical, methodological, and empirical lenses, this book brings morality to the forefront of the discussion,... (More)
This Open Access book explores the role of morality in social movements. Morality has always been central to social movements whether it be in the form of the moral foundations of movement claims, politics and ideologies, the values motivating participation, the new moral principles envisioned and practiced among movement participants, or the overall struggle over society’s moral values that movements engage in. This is evident in movements emerging from recent interlinked crises: the crisis of human rights, the climate crisis, and the developing crisis of democracy. In analyzing these current events through a variety of theoretical, methodological, and empirical lenses, this book brings morality to the forefront of the discussion, allowing for a rethinking of its role. (Less)
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LU
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published
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keywords
altruism, solidarity, morality, social movements, civil society, solidarity activism, Protest
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Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies
publisher
Springer
ISBN
978-3-030-98798-5
978-3-030-98797-8
978-3-030-98800-5
language
English
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no
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b877be6e-b4ba-4d7d-ab30-7f4940ee6e89
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https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-98798-5
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2023-05-08 15:28:37
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  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Book Editor}},
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  series       = {{Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies}},
  title        = {{The Power of Morality in Movements : Civic Engagement in Climate Justice, Human Rights, and Democracy}},
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  year         = {{2022}},
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