A War of Position

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  My name is E. Colin Ruggero. This blog focuses primarily on processes of social change, drawing from politics and culture. The name comes from the work of Antonio Gramsci, a huge influence on my thinking. Please comment. Feel free to contact me: ecolinr@warofposition.com
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• Articles I’m Reading…CiteuLike

  • How do young people identify with online and offline peer groups? A comparison between UK, Spain and Japan August 19, 2010
    Journal of Youth Studies (2010)Peer groups such as neighbourhoods and hobby circles are important sources of social identity for young people, but their viability is challenged by processes of urbanisation and labour mobility. In recent years, traditional peer groups have been joined by easily accessible computer-mediated groups, which have become an everyda […]
    Vili Lehdonvirta
  • Counter-conducts: A Foucauldian Analytics of Protest August 1, 2010
    Social Movement Studies: Journal of Social, Cultural and Political Protest, Vol. 9, No. 3. (2010), pp. 235-251.The influence of Foucault on studies of social movements, dissent and protest is not as direct as might be imagined. He is generally regarded as focusing more on the analysis of power and government than forms of resistance. This is reflected in the […]
    Carl Death
  • Resistance, Space and Political Identities: The Making of Counter-Global Networks August 1, 2010
    Social Movement Studies: Journal of Social, Cultural and Political Protest, Vol. 9, No. 3. (2010), pp. 331-340.Kevin Ward, Jenny Pickerill, Danny MacKinnon, David Featherstone […]
    Kevin Ward
  • A Review of Portable Communities: The Social Dynamics of Online and Mobile Connectedness -- by Mary Chayko. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2008. 306 pp. $24.95 paper. ISBN 978-0-7914-7600-0 (paper). July 6, 2010
    The Information Society: An International Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4. (2010), pp. 312-313.David Phelps […]
    David Phelps
  • Book Review April 24, 2010
    Social Movement Studies: Journal of Social, Cultural and Political Protest, Vol. 7, No. 3. (December 2008), pp. 319-322.James Hamilton […]
    James Hamilton