Citizenship and Social Movements: Perspectives from the Global South

ISBN-13: 9781848133891 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 304 str.

Eghosa E. Osaghae;Arilson Favareto;Ranjita Mohanty

Opis

Past debates over social movements have suffered from a focus on Anglo-America and Europe, often neglecting the significance of collective actions of citizens in the Global South. This authoritative new title redresses this imbalance with case study material from movements for change in Brazil, India, Bangladesh, Mexico, South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria. In these examples, social movements have formed without the benefits of the structural or institutional resource base found in the North, and have persevered even when the state does not have the resources to effectively respond to collective demands. Each expert contribution points to the complexity of relationships that influence mobilization and social movements; unsettling the notion that social activism leads inexorably to democracy and development and questioning what motivates collective action and what does it achieve?

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Mobilisation and Social Movements in the South: the Challenges of Inclusive Governance - Lisa Thompson and Chris Tapscott. Part I: Socio-economic Rights and Social Movements 2. Social Movements and Rights Claims: The Case of Action Groups in the Niger Delta - Eghosa E. Osaghae 3. Why Do Garment Workers in Bangladesh Fail to Mobilize? - Simeen Mahmud 4. Mobilization through Litigation: Claiming Health Rights on Asbestos Issues in South Africa - Nardia Simpson and Linda Waldman Part II: Social Movements and Global Development Discourses 5. Water Rights and State Management in India and South Africa - Lyla Mehta, Lisa Thompson and Ndodana Nleya 6. Environmental Activism in Brazil: The Rise of a Social Movement - Angela Alonso, Valeriano Costa and Débora Maciel 7. The Struggle Towards Rights and Communitarian Citizenship: The Zapatista movement in Mexico - Carlos Cortez Ruiz Part III: Mobilization, Social Movements and Inclusive Governance 8. Participation, Inclusion and Development Under Conditions of Social Mobilization - Vera Schatten P. Coelho and Arilson Favareto 9. Popular Mobilization, Party Dominance and Participatory Governance in South Africa - Laurence Piper and Lubna Nadvi 10. Contesting Development, Reinventing Democracy: Grassroots Social Movements in India - Ranjita Mohanty. 11. Social Mobilization in Cape Town: A Tale of Two Communities - Chris Tapscott.