Social Change and Creative Activism in the 21st Century

Silas Harrebye is Associate Professor at the Department of Society and Globalisation, Roskilde University, Denmark. He has published his research in several international peer review journals and teaches widely on new forms of democratic participation. Harrebye has a background in philosophy, has experience as a consultant and social entrepreneur, and has been a board member for Action Aid Denmark and The Alternative.

Preface
Part I: IDENTIFYING THE PHENOMENON: MORE THAN AN ETHICAL SPECTACLE
1. Occupying the Space In-Between
2. Creative Activism Today
Part II: MAPPING THE FIELD: USING THE TERRAIN TO YOUR ADVANTAGE
3. First Movers and Circular Cycles of Contention
4. Paradoxes of Participation
Part III: EXPLORING THE PRACTICE – NEW THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
5. The Ambivalence of Cynicism, Irony, and Utopia
6. Mirroring Counter Strategies – Towards a Theory of Reflection
Part IV: QUESTIONING THE IMPACT – NEW TREDS AND FUTURE DILEMMAS
7. Professionalization and Cooptation
8. The Gordian Knot – Measuring Effect and Revisiting Theories of Change