| Description |
xi, 321 p. |
| Note |
Translated from the French. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Political diversity, common purpose : social movements in India / Vinod Raina -- Resistance to globalization in rural China / Lau Kin Chi -- NGOs and social movements in Southeast Asia / Francis Loh -- Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus : US rearguard bases? / Bernard Dreano -- Resistance to neoliberalism in Australia and Oceania / Verity Burgmann, Andrew Ure -- Social movements in the Arab world / Azza Abd el-Mohsen Khalil -- Struggling and surviving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo / Francois L'Ecuyer -- Social movements : experiences from East Africa / Opiyo Makoude -- South Africa's new social movements / David Coetzee -- Neoliberalism and social conflict : the popular movements in Latin America / Clara Algranati ... [et al.] -- Proletarian resistance and capitalist restructuring in the United States / Pierre Beaudet -- Europe : the challenge for social movements / Bernard Dreano -- -- The World Social Forum : towards a counter-hegemonic globalization / Boaventura de Sousa Santos -- The World Social Forum : a democratic alternative / Francine Mestrum -- The African Social Forum : between radicals and reformers / Mondli Hlatshwayo -- Convergences and the anti-war movement : expereinces and lessons / Paola Manduca -- The trade union movement and the social movement : towards a new dialogue? / Pierre Beaudet -- The new agrarian issue : three billion peasants under threat / Samir Amin -- The alternative movement and its media strategies / Victor Sampedro -- The European Union and the 'internal threat' of the alternative world movement / Ben Hayes, Tony Bunyan -- Police measures against the new global protest / Donatella della Porta, Herbert Reiter -- New powers, new counter-powers / Raoul-Marc Jennar -- International law, a decisive issue for the alternative world movement / Monique Chemillier-Gendreau. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Social movements.
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Anti-globalization movement.
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Globalization.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Polet, Francois.
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Bawtree, Victoria, 1934-
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Centre tricontinental (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0745323561 (hardback) |
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0745323553 (pbk.) |
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9780745323565 |
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9781849642651 (electronic bk.) |
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