| Visions of Solidarity: U.S. Peace Activists in Nicaragua from War to Women's Activism and Globalization Contributor(s): Weber, Clare M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0739109928 ISBN-13: 9780739109922 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $106.92 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: Visions of Solidarity is currently the only study of peace activist's transformation from an anti-war struggle to an anti-globalization struggle. It explores the power dynamics between citizen activists in the North and South, examining efforts at reframing issues of social justice over time, and highlighting transnational feminist politics and agency at the local level. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - History | Latin America - General - Political Science |
| Dewey: 303.484 |
| LCCN: 2006011326 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.91 lbs) 166 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Visions of Solidarity is currently the only study of peace activist's transformation from an anti-war struggle to an anti-globalization struggle. It explores the power dynamics between citizen activists in the Global North and South, examining efforts at reframing issues of social justice over time, and highlighting transnational feminist politics and agency at the local level. This book focuses on the way that transnational activists strategies are negotiated across boundaries. Through a comparative ethnographic study of the U.S.-based Witness for Peace and the Wisconsin Coordination Council on Nicaragua, the author, Clare Weber, explores how the organizations came to have very different responses over time to the neoliberal development project imposed on Nicaragua by the United States. Weber skillfully links studies of transnational social movements, women's grassroot activism, and the Central America Peace movement in this unique book. |