This book provides a critical investigation of what has been termed the "global justice movement." Through a detailed study of a grassroots peasants network in Asia (Peoples Global Action), an international trade union network (the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mining and General Workers) and the Social Forum process, it analyzes some of the global justice movements component parts, operational networks and their respective dynamics, strategies and practices. Rather than being indicative of a coherent "movement," the authors argue that such forms of political agency contain...
This book provides a critical investigation of what has been termed the "global justice movement." Through a detailed study of a grassroots peasants n...
The last few years have seen the spectacular failure of market fundamentalism in Europe and the US. As the environmental limits and socially destructive tendencies of the current profit-driven economic model become daily more self-evident, there is a growing demand for a fairer economic alternative, as evidenced by the mounting campaigns against global finance and the politics of austerity. Reclaiming Public Ownership tackles these issues head on, going beyond traditional leftist arguments, to present a radical new conception of public ownership. Framed around economic democracy and public...
The last few years have seen the spectacular failure of market fundamentalism in Europe and the US. As the environmental limits and socially destru...
This book provides a critical investigation of what has been termed the 'global justice movement'. Through a detailed study of a grassroots peasants' network in Asia (People's Global Action), an international trade union network (the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mining and General Workers) and the Social Forum process, it analyses some of the global justice movement's component parts, operational networks and their respective dynamics, strategies and practices. The authors argue that the emergence of new globally-connected forms of collective action against neoliberal...
This book provides a critical investigation of what has been termed the 'global justice movement'. Through a detailed study of a grassroots peasants' ...
