''Activist Wisdom: Practical knowledge and Creative Tension in Social Movements'' is a book by
Sarah Maddison
Sarah Maddison CF is an Australian author and political scientist.
Education
Maddison has a PhD in the Discipline of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney.
Career
She is a former Director of GetUp! and the 2018â ...
and Sean Scalmer. UNSW Press, 2005.
Peace marches,
protest demonstrations and campaigns have often been part of the
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
n social and
political landscape. This book includes interviews with some of Australia's best-known activists and provides a bigger picture that analyses successes and failures, communication of ideas, and political impacts.
Book Review
{{webarchive , url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007024044/http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/lab/91/br_1.html , date=October 7, 2008 ''Labour History'', Issue 91 (Nov 2006).
See also
*Activism
Activism (or Advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in Social change, social, Political campaign, political, economic or Natural environment, environmental reform with the desire to make Social change, changes i ...
*'' Silencing Dissent: How the Australian Government Is Controlling Public Opinion and Stifling Debate''
References
External links
Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
2005 non-fiction books
Books about activism
Australian non-fiction books
Protests in Australia