Social Movements and Globalization: How Protests, Occupations and Uprisings are Changing the World

ISBN-13: 9780230360877 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 248 str.

Cristina Flesher Fominaya

Opis

A cutting-edge and original analysis of contemporary social movements in a globalized world, providing a clear and comprehensive grounding in social movement and globalization theory and drawing on a range of case studies and examples from around the world, from Anonymous and 15-M/Indignados to the Zapatistas.

Recenzje

"The best book on the new movements for radical social change in the 21st century that I have read!" - John Foran, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
"An engaging and accessible account of key developments in current social movements' struggles against injustice, neoliberal globalization and political repression, drawn from a diverse series of sites, including Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and North America. It is a fine contribution to literature in the field." Kathie Muir, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, University of Adelaide, Australia
"An important, original and much-needed analysis of contemporary social movements. Drawing on a wealth of research and written in an engaging style, it offers an excellent resource for scholars and lecturers alike." Celia Valiente, Associate Professor in Sociology and Politics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
"An excellent text on the development, characteristics and changes within social movements at a time of globalization. Lively, readable and well-crafted, it offers concise definitions of key terms, vivid and well-analysed cases and informs new developments in the study of social movements." Lei Xie, Lecturer in Politics, University of Exeter, UK

Spis treści

1. Introduction.- 2. Social Movements and Globalization: Concepts and Debates.- 3. Globalization and Social Movements.- 4. The Global Justice Movement.- 5. Cultural Resistance in a Globalized World.- 6. Social Movements, Media, and Information and Communication Technologies.- 7. Arab Spring, Indignados, Occupy: A Global Wave of Protest?.- 8. Conclusion.

O autorze

Cristina Flesher Fominaya is Reader in Social Politics and Media at Loughborough University, UK, and was Senior Marie Curie Fellow at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth from 2013-2015. She is a founding editor of the global social movements journal Interface and an editor of the journal Social Movement Studies. She is also founder of the Council for European Studies Social Movement Research Network.