Synopses & Reviews
The dawn of the twenty first century has been accompanied by an upsurge of anti-capitalist campaigning, challenging the very basis of the New World Economic order. This book sets out to explore the lessons from these experiences of social mobilization. How can non-governmental organizations, community based organizations and the labor and trade union movement develop effective campaigning alliances--without becoming institutionalized and incorporated themselves? How can they balance immediate gains and longer term strategies for transformation? How can they gain media attention without losing control of the message? And how can social movements develop organizational forms that are genuinely representative and democratically accountable, globally? Mayo explores these questions through case studies, and concludes with lessons for building global challenges to neo-liberal agendas and developing more transformative approaches.
Review
"Marjorie Mayo has added another highly important contribution to her wide-ranging canon on the struggles for ordinary people's and communities' empowerment. This powerful book provides an analysis of how they can respond to globalization--over key issues such as debt, gender rights, education and poverty--and examples of how they have done so."--Gary Craig, Hull University, and President of the International Association for Community Development
Synopsis
The dawn of the twenty-first century has been accompanied by an upsurge of anti-capitalist campaigning, challenging the very basis of the New World Economic order. Dramatic events such as the protests from Seattle to Genoa, have captured media headlines. But media headlines leave key questions unanswered, questions about the ultimate significance of the challenges posed by global social movements and the development of civil society, both South and North.
This book sets out to explore the lessons from these experiences of social mobilisation. How can non-governmental organisations, community-based organisations and the labour and trade union movement develop effective campaigning alliances - without becoming institutionalised and incorporated themselves? How can they maintain an effective balance between winning immediate gains without losing sight of longer-term strategies for transformation? How can they work with celebrities to gain media attention -- without losing control of the message? And how can social movements develop organisational forms that are genuinely representative and democratically accountable, globally? These questions are explored through case studies of particular networks, movements and campaigns, to tackle the causes of social inequality and social injustice. It concludes by exploring lessons for building global challenges to neo-liberal agendas and developing more transformatory approaches.
Synopsis
The dawn of the twenty first century has been accompanied by an upsurge of anti-capitalist campaigning, challenging the very basis of the New World Economic order. This book sets out to explore the lessons from these experiences of social mobilization. How can non-governmental organizations, community based organizations and the labor and trade union movement develop effective campaigning alliances--without becoming institutionalized and incorporated themselves? How can they balance immediate gains and longer term strategies for transformation? How can they gain media attention without losing control of the message? And how can social movements develop organizational forms that are genuinely representative and democratically accountable, globally? Mayo explores these questions through case studies, and concludes with lessons for building global challenges to neo-liberal agendas and developing more transformative approaches.
About the Author
Marjorie Mayo is professor emeritus of community development at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Challenging Globalization: Developing Alternative Strategies
Definitions and Differing Approaches
Neo-liberal Approaches
Shifts of emphasis
Social Democratic Approaches
Alternative Approaches
Populism from the Right as well as from the Left
Building Alliances
2. Democratization and Marketization: The State, the Market and Civil Society
The 'End of History' and the triumph of Western liberal democracy following the
collapse of the former Soviet Union?
Globalisation and democratisation: some paradoxes?
Alternative approaches to democracy: 'Civil Society', 'Social Capital' and capacity-
building for active citizenship and community empowerment
Possible implications for global social movements?
3. Social Movements: Competing Approaches
Differing approaches to studying Social Movements and Social Movement
Organisations
Starting from collective mobilisation as rational action
New Social Movement Approaches
Social Movements and Social Movement Organisations concerned with Green and
Environmental Issues and with Human Rights
4. Social Movements Old and New: Alternatives or Allies?
How New?
So what about the old?
Globalisation and the need for international solidarity - at the centre of labour
government concerns
Union Revitalisation in the American Labour Movement: a case study from California
Old and/ or New? Alternatives or Allies?
5. Empowerment, Accountability, and Participation: Challenges for local and global movements
Opportunities and challenges for global social movements
'Students against Sweatshops': a case in point Drawing from community development
and community education debates
Popular education in practice: the Landless People's Movement in Brazil (MST)
6. People to People Exchanges: Sharing local experiences in a global context
Insiders as well as outsiders as experts, learning from sharing experiences and
networking, internationally
People to People Exchanges for Urban Transformation
Towards new ways of sharing insider and outsider learning
7. Globalization and gender: New threats, new strategies
Women, development and globalisation: differing approaches
From 'Women in Development' to 'Gender and Development'
Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN): Critical Feminist
Perspectives from the South
'Marketisation of Governance': an example of a DAWN publication, presenting
critical feminist perspectives from the South DAWN's particular contribution
8. Rights to Public Services: The Global Campaign for Education
The international context
The context in terms of debates within NGOs and trade union organisations
The Global Campaign for Education is launched
GCE's achievements at Dakar and beyond
Wider implications?
9. Learning from Jubilee 2000: Mobilizing for Debt Relief
Jubilee 2000 Coalition as a global social movement
Participants' perspectives on Jubilee 2000
Exploring lessons and their potential implications
Jubilee 2000 and differing perspectives on social movements
10. Resisting Imperialism: Building global movements for peace and social justice
Building on the links: the Peace Movement and the Stop the War Coalition
Building on the links: campaigning on debt and trade
Possible implications for building sustainable challenges?
The battle of ideas continues
Select bibliography
Index