Critical Theories, International Relations The Anti Globalisation - The Politics of Global Resistance

Informationen zum Autor Catherine Eschle is a Lecturer in Politics in the Department of Government at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. Her research and teaching interests centre on the intersections between international relations theory, social and political thought, social movements and feminism. Bice Maiguashca is a Lecturer in the Department of Politics at the University of Exeter, UK. Klappentext This book provides the definitive account of resistance movements across the globe. Combining theoretical perspectives with detailed empirical case studies! it explains the origins! activities and prospects of the 'anti-globalisation' movement. Zusammenfassung This book provides the definitive account of resistance movements across the globe. Combining theoretical perspectives with detailed empirical case studies, it explains the origins, activities and prospects of the 'anti-globalization' movement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction PART ONE: Power/Resistance/Movement 1. Constructing 'the Anti-Globalisation Movement' 2. In the Belly of the Beast: Resisting Globalisation and war in a neo-Imperial moment 3. Globalistations, Violences and Resistances in Mozambique: The struggles continue PART TWO: Discourse/Identity/Culture 4. Anti-Globalisation Discourses in Asia 5. Lessons from the Indigenous: Zapatista poetics and a cultural humanism for the twenty-first century6. Contesting the Free Trade Area of the Americas: Invoking a Bolivarian geopolitical imagination to construct an alternative regional project and identity 7. Globalisation and the 'Politics of Identitiy': IR theory through the looking glass of women's reproductive rights activism PART THREE: Politics/Strategy/Violence 8. Resistance and Compromiso at the Global Frontlines: Gender wars at the U.S.-Mexico border 9. Organic Intellectuals and Counter-Hegemonic Politics in the Age of Globalisation: The case of ATTAC 10. 'We are Heartbroken and Furious!' Violence and the (Anti-)Globalisation Movement(s)11. Seattle and the Struggle for a Global Democratic Ethos Conclusion ...

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• Authors: Catherine (University of Strathclyde Eschle, Catherine Maiguascha Eschle, Catherine Maiguashca Eschle, ESCHLE CATHERINE MAIGUASCHA BICE
• Assisted by: Catherine Eschle (Editor), Catherine (University of Strathclyde Eschle (Editor), Eschle Catherine (Editor), Bice Maiguascha (Editor), Bice Maiguashca (Editor), Bice (University of Exeter Maiguashca (Editor), Maiguashca Bice (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.03.2005
• EAN: 9780415343909
• ISBN: 978-0-415-34390-9
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: RIPE Series in Global Political Economy; RIPE Series in Global Political Economy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Globalisierung, Globalization, Politischer Aktivismus, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, Political activism, Political activism / Political engagement