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Author Berkovich, Izhak

Title Digital Protest and Activism in Public Education : Reactions to Neoliberal Restructuring in Israel
Published Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (169 pages)
Series Emerald Points Ser
Emerald Points Ser
Contents Intro; DIGITAL PROTEST ANDACTIVISM IN PUBLICEDUCATION; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES; BIOGRAPHIES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; Introduction; References; 1: Out with the Old, In with the New: Three Ages of Israeli Public Education Policies; The Establishment of the Israeli Public Education System; The 1980s and 1990s: Rhetorical and Ideological Influences of Neoliberalism; The Twenty-First Century: Global Competition and the Reengineering of the Rationale of the Public Education System; Conclusion; References
2: From Education to All to Education for Me: Changes in Israeli Public Values and InterestsSocial Democracy in a Heterogeneous Society; From Segregation and Discrimination to Political Upheaval; Demographic and Societal Changes in the Israeli Population Since the 1980s; Globalization, Neoliberalism, and the Israeli Middle Class; Conclusion; References; 3: Rhetoric and Images in Online Agenda Setting: Teachers' Digital Protest Against Educational; Political Processes and Teachers' Resistance to Reform; Political Communication and Policy Agenda Setting
Web-Based Campaigns and Policy Agenda SettingThe New Horizon Reform; Method; Data Collection; Data Analysis; Findings; The Digital Media Front; "Hearts and Minds"; "Champions of Public Education"; Fools and Villains; The Distance between the Ivory Tower and the Trenches; Discussion; Conclusion; References; 4: Two Faces of Digital ­Activism: Parents' Anti-­Neoliberal and Pro-­Neoliberal Protests; Parental Participation in Public Education: Roles, Class, and Ideology; Social Media and Protest Movements; Education System and Parents' Participation in Israel; Two Parent-Led Protests
Social Media Activism of Parents in IsraelConclusion; References; 5: Opening the Black Box of Digital Activism in Education in the Neoliberal Age: Lived Experience and Patterns of Use of Social Media; Uses of Social Media in Political Activism; Case Description; Method; Data Collection; Data Analysis; Findings; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Conclusion; References; Index
Summary This book addresses this gap and employs an empirical exploration of the way in which online-based protest activity concerning public education issues is constructed, mobilised, and carried out. The authors highlight three cases of online-based mobilisations in Israel, in which teachers and parents successfully affected public education policy
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Subject Education and state -- Israel
Internet and activism -- Israel
Protest movements -- Israel
Digital communications -- Israel
Neoliberalism -- Israel
Educational strategies & policy.
Education -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
Digital communications
Education and state
Internet and activism
Neoliberalism
Protest movements
Israel
Form Electronic book
Author Avigur-Eshel, Amit
ISBN 9781838671020
1838671021
9781838671044
1838671048