scholarly journals Popular Mobilization Messaging

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Garrison
Keyword(s):  
Popular Mobilization

Political Community in Revolutionary Pennsylvania, 1774-1800

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Owen
Keyword(s):  
American Revolution ◽  
Political Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Community ◽  
Popular Sovereignty ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Early American ◽  
The People ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
Popular Mobilization

Political Community in Revolutionary Pennsylvania challenges the ways we understand popular sovereignty in the American Revolution, demonstrating how ordinary citizens wielded significant political power. Previous histories place undue focus on either elite political thought or class analysis; on the contrary, citizens cared most about the establishment of a representative, publicly legitimate political process. Popular activism constrained leaders, creating a system through which governmental actions were made more representative of the will of the community. This book analyzes developments in Pennsylvania from 1774, and the passage of the Intolerable Acts, through to 1800 and the election of Thomas Jefferson. It examines the animating philosophy of the Pennsylvania state constitution of 1776, a “radical manifesto” espousing a vision of popular sovereignty in which government was devolved from the people only where necessary. The legitimacy of governmental institutions rested on their demonstration that they operated through popular consent, expressed in a variety of forms of popular mobilization. This book examines how early Americans interacted with the power structures shaping the world in which they lived, recasting the nature of the American Revolution and illuminating the origins of modern American political practice. It investigates how political mobilization operated inside and outside formal channels of government. Mechanisms of popular mobilization helped a diverse population mediate with governmental institutions, providing the foundation of early American power. Histories that ignore this relationship miss one of the most significant founding characteristics of the United States—the importance of popular politics and democratic practice in the establishment of American government.

From Cần Vương to Viêt-Nam Duy-Tân Hội to Thanh Niên

2021 ◽  
pp. 232-255
Author(s):  
John T. Sidel
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
The Other ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
The One ◽  
Popular Mobilization

This chapter details the first waves of large-scale organized mobilization that unfolded across the territories that came to comprise Việtnam. It draws heavily on the discursive tradition and sociological infrastructure of Sinographic cosmopolitanism, on the one hand, and on various forms of support and solidarity from neighboring China, on the other. The chapter then shifts to the Cần Vương insurrection, which did not provide the bases for sustained popular mobilization or systematic command and coordination across Annam and Tonkin, enabling a French counterinsurgency campaign to achieve “pacification” within a few short years. The chapter also introduces a new movement led by Phan Bội Châu called the Viêt-Nam Duy-Tân Hội (Việtnam Modernization Society), in which he started to assemble a clandestine network of supporters not only in Annam and Tonkin but also in Cochinchina. Ultimately, the chapter discusses the emergence of a new revolutionary network established by Nguyễn Ái Quốc known as the Việt Nam Thanh Niên Cách Mệnh Đồng Chí Hội (Revolutionary Youth League of Việt Nam), or Thanh Niên for short.

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