{"product_id":"9781041223290","title":"Digital Networks and the Transformation of Civil Society Taksim Solidarity in Post-Gezi Turkey","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRoutledge Focus on Communication and Society\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDigital Networks and the Transformation of Civil Society\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTaksim Solidarity in Post-Gezi Turkey\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCan Türe\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Media Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book investigates the long-term impact of digital communication networks on civil society organizations, with a particular focus on Taksim Solidarity (TS), the broad-based coalition that emerged during the 2013 Gezi Park protests in Turkey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoving beyond the commonly studied short-term mobilization effects of social media, this study centres on what happens after the protests fade—a critical yet under-researched phase in the lifecycle of social movements. Drawing on a decade of empirical material, the author examines how digital platforms have influenced the cohesion, communication practices, and endurance of TS as a civic collective under growing authoritarian constraints. Key themes include digital fragmentation, online-offline disjuncture, the erosion of deliberative culture, and the challenges of maintaining activist infrastructures in the absence of continued mass mobilization. Through a mixed-methods approach – including social network analysis, discourse analysis, an original civil society survey, and in-depth interviews – the study provides a comprehensive account of TS’s transformation over the past ten years and leads to an understanding of whether and how digital networks help sustain collective action over time, particularly in hostile political environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDigital Networks and the Transformation of Civil Society\u003c\/i\u003e is aimed at academics, researchers, and graduate-level students in the fields of political communication, digital activism, social movement studies, and Middle Eastern politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan Türe\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer in the Media department of Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey. He holds a doctorate from Middle East Technical University. He was a DAAD doctoral fellow at the Center of Comparative Research on Democracy of the Humboldt University in Berlin. With an interdisciplinary background in communication and political science, his research focuses on online social movements, digital activism, Turkish politics and media. His work blends computational methods with qualitative inquiry to investigate the long-term dynamics of social movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781041223290\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e160\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63534055915660,"sku":"9781041223290","price":80.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781041223290","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}