Synopses & Reviews
This book uses case studies and theoretical reflection to contextualize the linkages between collective action theories, social movement practices, and the phenomenon of globalization. The perspectives presented will force a rethinking of the exact meaning of globalization and the way in which such insights can be used to advance understanding of basic transformations occurring in the diverse world of the 21st century.
About the Author
Pierre Hamel is Professor of Urban Planning and Sociology, University of Montreal.
Henri Lustiger-Thaler is Associate Professor of Sociology, Ramapo College.
Jan Nederveen Pieterse is Associate Professor of Sociology, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague.
Sasha Roseneil is Professorial Research Fellow in Sociology and Gender Studies, University of Leeds.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Shifting Global Frames of Collective Action--Pierre Hamel, Henri Lustiger-Thaler, Jan N. Pieterse & Sasha Roseneil *
Part I: Globalization Discourses * Globalization and Collective Action--Jan N. Pieterse * Towards a Theory of Global Collective Action and Institutions--Henri Lustiger-Thaler, Louis Maheu & Pierre Hamel * Globalizing Civil Society? Social Movements and the Challenge of Global Politics from Below--Catherine Eschle *
Part II: Global Identities: Gender and Sexualities * The Global, the Local and the Personal: The Dynamics of a Social Movement in Postmodernity--Sasha Roseneil * Transnational Feminist Networks: Collective Action in an Era of Globalization--Valentine M. Moghadam * Global Feminist Theorizing and Organizing: Life-Centred and Multi-Centred Alternatives to Neo-Liberal Globalization--Angela Miles * Globalization and the Mobilization of Gay and Lesbian Communities--Barry D. Adam *
Part III: The Multiplicities of Globalization * Cross-Border, Cross-Movement Alliances in the Late 1990s--Aron Pollack * Collective Movements and Globalization--Antonio Farro & Jean G. Vaillancourt * Environmental Movements in the Global South: Outline of a Critique on the "Livelihood" Approach--Ranjit Dwivedi