Resistance, Space and Political Identities - The Making of Counter-Global Networks

Informationen zum Autor David Featherstone is a lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Liverpool. He has key research interests in space, politics and resistance and has published papers in several journals including Society and Space, Antipode and Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. Klappentext The transnational resistances to neo-liberal globalization are arguably the most inspiring political movements of our time. Resistance, Space and Political Identities: The Making of Counter-global Networks makes a distinctive contribution through examining globalised practices of resistance in both the past and present. Stressing the importance of geographies of connection and solidarity produced through these struggles David Featherstone argues that the resulting forms of political identity are integral to producing more pluralistic forms of globalization.This provocative text first offers detailed research on networked forms of resistance in the 18th-century Atlantic world then develops a rigorous study of contemporary counter-global resistances. Insightful and thought-provoking, the authordevelops an innovative account of networked forms of resistance and political activity. This scholarly work illuminates transnational resistances and challenges prevailing assumptions about the histories and geographies of globalization. Zusammenfassung The transnational resistances to neo-liberal globalization are arguably the most inspiring political movements of our time. Resistance, Space and Political Identities: The Making of Counter-global Networks makes a distinctive contribution through examining globalised practices of resistance in both the past and present. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editors' Preface viii Acknowledgements ix Introduction: Space, Contestation and the Political 1 Part I Networking the Political 13 1 Place and the Relational Construction of Political Identities 15 2 Geographies of Solidarities and Antagonisms 36 Part II Geographies of Connection and Contestation 57 3 Labourers' Politics and Mercantile Networks 59 4 Making Democratic Spatial Practices 79 5 Counter-Global Networks and the Making of Subaltern Nationalisms 99 Part III Political Geographies of the Counter-Globalization Movement 119 6 Geographies of Power and the Counter-Globalization Movement 121 7 Constructing Transnational Political Networks 149 Conclusion: Towards Politicized Geographies of Connection 177 Notes 190 References 196 Index 221  ...

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editors' Preface viii
Acknowledgements ix

Introduction: Space, Contestation and the Political 1

Part I Networking the Political 13

1 Place and the Relational Construction of Political Identities 15

2 Geographies of Solidarities and Antagonisms 36

Part II Geographies of Connection and Contestation 57

3 Labourers Politics and Mercantile Networks 59

4 Making Democratic Spatial Practices 79

5 Counter-Global Networks and the Making of Subaltern Nationalisms 99

Part III Political Geographies of the Counter-Globalization Movement 119

6 Geographies of Power and the Counter-Globalization Movement 121

7 Constructing Transnational Political Networks 149

Conclusion: Towards Politicized Geographies of Connection 177

Notes 190

References 196

Index 221

Bericht

"This persuasive, important, and well-written book rethinks resistance to dominant forms of globalization by emphasizing the translocal, often transnational, character of subaltern protest ... Featherstone has produced a book as dexterous, creative, and wide-ranging as the political network it seeks to describe." (Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 2010)
"This is a book that demands the attention and engagement of geographers, and others 'inside and 'outside academia, working on the intersections between social movements, political identities and the neoliberal state, ultimately offering a productive and uniquely positive approach to understanding and acting on the issues raised by such concerns." ( Area , February 2011)

"Featherstone has produced a book as dexterous, creative, and wide-ranging as the political networks it seeks to describe." ( Progress in Human Geography and Environment and Planning D , February 2011)

"This reviewer thinks we should be rather more generous - for, whatever the political objectives, we should be hugely grateful for Featherstone s rescuing of the past relational geographies of resistance." ( Progress in Human Progress in Human Progress , February 2011)

"In summary, RSPI is an incisive and stimulating work that significantly enhances our understanding of the construction and operation of counter-globalization networks. It extends and develops relational accounts of political identities and space in important ways, contributing to debates in political theory, human geography and social movement." (Social Movement Studies, 22 October 2010)

"Featherstone s book contributes to our understanding of the formation of counter-global networks. He shows that transnational networks are not void of place. ... This book provides a good starting point for scholars who seek an understanding what happens to networks when subaltern relationships are spread across the globe." ( Mobilization , March 2010)

"This optimistic take on the role of political contestation in world-making processes is a welcome change from the gloom and doom so typical of other geographical texts." ( Environment and Planning A , 2009)

Produktdetails

• Autoren: D Featherstone, David Featherstone, David (Liverpool University) Featherstone, Derek Featherstone
• Verlag: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 12.09.2008
• EAN: 9781405158091
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-5809-1
• Seiten: 240
• Serien: RGS-IBG Book Series; RGS-IBG Books (Paperback); RGS-IBG Book Series
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Geografie; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung