http://www.kevingillan.info Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:32:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Article to be published in Information, Communication and Society. Abstract:This article uses interviews with committed anti-war and peace activists to offer an overview of both the benefits and challenges that social movements derive from new communication technologies. It shows contemporary political activism to be intensely informational; dependent on the sensitive adoption ... http://www.kevingillan.info/articles-papers/81 With Jenny Pickerill, published in Australian Journal of Political Science 43:1, pp. 59-78. Abstract: The upsurge in activism opposing wars and occupations in Afghanistan and Iraq appears to represent a significant process of transnational collective action. Using data collected through participant observation, interviews and website analysis this paper explores the role ... http://www.kevingillan.info/articles-papers/47 Paper presented to the 8th Conference of the European Sociological Association, Glasgow, September 2007. Abstract: Significant activist groups see information and communication technologies (ICTs) as offering substantial potential in empowering social movements in organisation, mobilisation, and communication of their critiques and demands. Academic studies have begun to demonstrate some of the ... http://www.kevingillan.info/articles-papers/46 During my last job as a research assistant on the project Internet Activism: Anti-War Movements in the Information Age I have worked with a colleague to revamp the project website. One of the key aims of this project is to produce work that is accessible beyond the academic realm of ... http://www.kevingillan.info/website-design/45 Paper presented to 57th Political Studies Association Annual Conference, University of Bath, April 2007. At the heart of social movements lie structures of beliefs and values that guide critical action and aid activists’ understandings. These are worthy of interrogation, not least because they contain points of articulation with ideational formations found ... http://www.kevingillan.info/articles-papers/44 This lecture presented a personal view of the judicial review process to law students at Queen's University, Belfast. In 2003 I was subject to a stop and search by police, while on my way to a demonstration. The police used powers conferred on them by the Terrorism Act 2000. Ever ... http://www.kevingillan.info/articles-papers/43 K2A is an organisation that seeks to create new forms of business model in order to promote entrepreneurial work that is both economically successful and socially benificial. Working with a range of organisations, and providing services particularly to the not-for-profit sector, K2A's work is based on a strong understanding of ... http://www.kevingillan.info/website-design/42 Since the late 1990s millions of people have been involved in political protest actions contesting globalisation and war. The two issues are interconnected by the continuing involvement of many of the same individuals, organisations and networks making political claims in opposition to relevant institutional actors. Social movements involved in these ... http://www.kevingillan.info/thesis/40 This download includes the acknowledgements, contents pages, abbreviations list and so on. Download the Preliminaries. http://www.kevingillan.info/thesis/80 This chapter begins with a quick tour of social movement theory since the 1950s. In particular I look at the ways that academics have tried to understand the role of ideas within social movements. The main focus here, though, is to look at a body of research that examines the 'interpretative ... http://www.kevingillan.info/thesis/39