Social Movements for Global Democracy Contributor(s): Smith, Jackie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801887437 ISBN-13: 9780801887437 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $57.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Globalization - Political Science | Political Freedom - Political Science | Political Process - Political Advocacy |
Dewey: 327 |
LCCN: 2007024502 |
Series: Themes in Global Social Change |
Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.41" W x 8.94" (1.20 lbs) 304 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This groundbreaking study sheds new light on the struggle to define the course of globalization. Synthesizing extensive research on transnational activism, Social Movements for Global Democracy shows how transnational networks of social movement activists--democratic globalizers--have worked to promote human rights and ecological sustainability over the predominant neoliberal system of economic integration. Using case studies of recent and ongoing campaigns for global justice, Jackie Smith provides valuable insight into whether and how these activists are succeeding. She argues that democratic globalizers could be more effective if they presented a united front organized around a global vision that places human rights and ecological stability foremost and if they were to directly engage governments and the United Nations. Illuminating the deep-seated struggles between two visions of globalization, Smith reveals a network of activists who have long been working to democratize the global political system. |
Contributor Bio(s): Smith, Jackie: - Jackie Smith is an associate professor of sociology and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame. She is coauthor of Global Democracy and the World Social Forums and coeditor of Coalitions Across Borders: Transnational Protest and the Neoliberal Order, Globalizing Resistance: Transnational Dimensions of Social Movements, and Transnational Social Movements and Global Politics: Solidarity Beyond the State. |