Although academic in nature, it is valuable to anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding than what’s reported in the news. Fell makes the right decision in placing Cole’s chapter after his, so readers can get a more detailed overview of the post-2008 activism scene before delving into the individual movements. Readers need to keep in mind that although they do refer to each other, each chapter is self contained. For example, Cole introduces several movements that are worth looking at for further understanding at the end of his chapter. If it were a continuous book, that would be the segue to the next topic, but here, they are not discussed until chapter 6.

Source: Taipei Times July 19, 2017 16:04 UTC