Carol Skalnik Leff is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, the Department of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, and the Department of Global Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is also the author of Elite Transformation in Post-Communist Europe.
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Dialogues and Disruptions
The content of Mobilizing Ideas occurs in two threads. The Essay Dialogue is an exchange on a salient topic, featuring insights from scholars and activists, occurring over the course of two months. The Daily Disruption is a blog covering social movements news, from current events to new research by emerging movements scholars. Use the menu at the top or the links below to access either of these full threads.Links to Dialogue Topics and the Daily Disruption
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Recent Dialogue and DD Posts
- Comparing Immigrant Political Participation
- The Sanctuary Movement in the Trump Era: Localized Activism in the Face of Barriers to Federal Reform
- Sustaining Anti-Trump Resistance: Movement Trajectories and Activist Burnout
- The Mixed Blessing of Donald Trump for Progressive Protest
- Resistances and Authoritarian Threat
- Hope Is the Way
- The Anti-Trump Resistance and Beyond: Building a Progressive Movement
- Repression of Black Social Movements
- Thinking Orientals: Migration, Contract, and Exoticism in Modern America: A Review
- Great Books for Summer Reading: Part II
- Pride Parades: How a Parade Changed the World: A Review
- The Life of Lines: A Review
Top Posts & Pages
- Social Movements: How People Make History
- The Role of the Arts in Political Protest
- Dynamics of Factional Politics during the Chinese Cultural Revolution
- The Practice of Social Movement Leadership
- Sustaining Anti-Trump Resistance: Movement Trajectories and Activist Burnout
- The Unseen Effectiveness of Social Movements and Protests
- Comparing Immigrant Political Participation
- Law and Social Movements: It’s More than Just Litigation and Courts
- Failed Movements and Movement Failures
- Music matters to social movements and in a number of ways, but can we use it to advance our understanding of emotions and the body?
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