| Transnational Protest and Global Activism Contributor(s): Della Porta, Donatella (Editor), Tarrow, Sidney (Editor), Bennett, W. Lance (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0742535878 ISBN-13: 9780742535879 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $70.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2004 Annotation: In this book, two titans of social movement scholarship bring together the best current research on the nexus between the local and the global in translating the global justice movement into action at the grassroots, and vice versa. Using recent cases of transnational contention from the European Social Forum in Florence to the Argentinean human rights movement and British environmentalists, from movement networks in Bristol and Glasgow to the Zapatistas the original chapters by distinguished scholars presented in this volume adapt current social movement theory to what appears to be a new cycle of protest developing around the globe. Visit our website for sample chapters! |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Political Advocacy - Political Science | International Relations - Diplomacy |
| Dewey: 303.484 |
| LCCN: 2004003834 |
| Series: People, Passions, and Power (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.86" W x 8.96" (0.88 lbs) 287 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book, two titans of social movement scholarship bring together the best current research on the nexus between the local and the global in translating the global justice movement into action at the grass roots, and vice versa. Using recent cases of transnational contention_from the European Social Forum in Florence to the Argentinean human rights movement and British environmentalists, from movement networks in Bristol and Glasgow to the Zapatistas_the original chapters by distinguished scholars presented in this volume adapt current social movement theory to what appears to be a new cycle of protest developing around the globe. |
Contributor Bio(s): Della Porta, Donatella: - Donatella della Porta is Professor of Sociology at the European University Institute, Italy. |