Pants to Poverty'? Making Poverty History, Edinburgh 2005

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8099166
AutoresH Gorringe (0000-0003-3253-9417, University of Edinburgh, autor de correspondencia), Michael Rosie (0000-0001-7270-4486, University of Edinburgh)
Año2006
Volumen11
Número1
Páginas130-144
Fecha de publicación2006-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociological Research Online (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5153/sro.1261
OpenAlexW2156899859
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas12

July 2005 saw 225,000 people march through Edinburgh in the city's largest ever demonstration. Their cause was the idealistic injunction to ‘Make Poverty History’ (MPH). This paper presents an analysis of the MPH march, focusing particularly on the interplay between protestors, the police and the media. Drawing on ongoing research, it interrogates the disjunction between projected and actual outcomes, paying particular scrutiny to media speculation about possible violence. It also asks how MPH differed from previous G8 protests and what occurred on the day itself. The paper considers three key aspects: the composition and objectives of the marchers (who was on the march, why they were there and what they did?), the constituency that the protestors were trying to reach, and the media coverage accorded to the campaign. The intent underlying this threefold focus is an attempt to understand the protestors and what motivated them, but also to raise the question of how ‘successful’ they were in communicating their message

Criminology · Economics · Media studies · Political science · Poverty · Scrutiny · Sociology · Speculation · Irish and British Studies · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Law