Globalization and Social Movements

An inspiring collection that uses case studies and theoretical reflection to contextualise the linkages between collective action theories, social movement practices and the phenomenon of globalisation. All of the perspectives presented will force a rethink of the exact meaning of globalisation and the way in which such insights can be used to advance understanding of basic transformations occurring in the diverse world of the twenty-first century.

Autorentext
BARRY ADAM University of Windsor, Canada RANJIT DWIVEDI PhD, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague CATHERINE ESCHULE University of Sussex, UK ANTIMO FARRO University of Roma I, La Sapienza LOUIS MAHEU Professor of Sociology, University of Montreal ANGELA MILES Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Canada VALENTINE MOGHADAM Director of Women's Studies and Associate Professor of Sociology, Illinois State University AARON POLLACK MA, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague JEAN-GUY VAILLANCOURT Professor, Sociology Department, University of Montreal

Inhalt
Notes on the Contributors Introduction: The Shifting Global Frames of Collective Action; P.Hamel, H.Lustiger-Thaler, J.N.Pieterse & S.Roseneil PART I: GLOBALIZATION DISCOURSES Globalization and Collective Action; J.N.Pieterse Towards a Theory of Global Collective Action and Institutions; H.Lustiger-Thaler, L.Maheu & P.Hamel Globalizing Civil Society? Social Movements and the Challenge of Global Politics from Below; C.Eschle PART II: GLOBAL IDENTITIES: GENDER AND SEXUALITIES The Global, the Local and the Personal: The Dynamics of a Social Movement in Postmodernity; S.Roseneil Transnational Feminist Networks: Collective Action in an Era of Globalization; V.M.Moghadam Global Feminist Theorizing and Organizing: Life-centred and Multi-centred Alternatives to Neo-liberal Globalization; A.Miles Globalization and the Mobilization of Gay and Lesbian Communities; B.D.Adam PART III: THE MULTIPLICITIES OF GLOBALIZATION Cross-border, Cross-movement Alliances in the Late 1990s; A.Pollack Collective Movements and Globalization; A.Farro & J.G.Vaillancourt Environmental Movements in the Global South: Outline of a Critique on the 'Livelihood' Approach; R.Dwivedi Index