CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Mantoudis, Christos |
|---|---|
| Title | Progressive Social Movements, Democracy and Social Rights in the Pandemic |
| Summary | The pandemic has altered private and public life in ways previously unimaginable. Lockdowns and economic activity restrictions posed challenges for quality of democracy and social rights across the Western world. Against all odds, the pandemic gave rise to a new protest wave especially at the progressive political spectrum. This thesis will investigate the effects of the pandemic on discourse about democracy and social rights in progressive social movements’ organizations (PSMOs). Findings suggest that claims for democracy and social rights in the pandemic were significantly intensified comparing to the pre covid observation period. Furthermore, PSMOs reconfigured their political agenda, moving from issue specific to a wider discourse covering themes from the whole progressive spectrum. Data sources come from interview data with activists of each organization as well as documents’ access through the social media platforms and official websites of the organizations. |
| Supervisor | Schneider Carsten |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/mantoudis_christos.pdf |
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