Social Movements for Global Democracy

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Jackie Smith, Jackie (University of Pittsburgh) Smith, Smith Jackie
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2008
• EAN: 9780801887444
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8744-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Themes in Global Social Change; Themes in Global Social Change
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, Political structures: democracy, Political structures / systems: democracy