Movement intellectuals engaging the grassroots: A strategy perspective on the Black Consciousness Movement:
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This article argued that the Black Consciousness Movement (BCMSA) is better understood not by focusing on the objective status of its leadership, but by drawing upon interviews and framing theory.Abstract:
Drawing upon activist interviews and framing theory this article proposes that the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) is better understood not by focusing on the objective status of its leadership ...read more
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Why Men Rebel
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Why meaning-making matters: the case of the UK Government's COVID-19 response.
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Lessons of Struggle: South African Internal Opposition, 1960-1990.Anthony W. Marx
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Strategies of public intellectual engagement
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