Neoliberal Globalisation and Resistance From Below - Why the Subalterns Resist in Bolivia and Not in Ghana

Informationen zum Autor Jasper Abembia Ayelazuno is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Communication, Innovation and Technology, University for Development Studies, Ghana. Klappentext Using case studies from South Africa, Ghana and Bolivia this book seeks to address these important questions and demonstrate that the social-historical context in which the subalterns live plays a huge part in their definition of injustice and how they act against it. Zusammenfassung Using case studies from South Africa, Ghana and Bolivia this book seeks to address these important questions and demonstrate that the social-historical context in which the subalterns live plays a huge part in their definition of injustice and how they act against it. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Foreword by David B. Moore Introduction: Uneven Resistance in the Context of Uneven Capitalist Development Chapter One: Subalterns, Injustice, and Resistance Chapter Two: The Social-Historical Approach to Agency: ‘Pessimism of the Intellect and Optimism of the Will’ Chapter Three: Why the Subalterns Resist: the Cosmo-materialism of the Global Anti-Neoliberalism Resistance Movement Chapter Four: The Rebellious Subalterns in Bolivia: Socio-Historical Dynamics of the Bolivian Model of Anti-neoliberalism Chapter Five: Subaltern Agency and Resistance in the Social-Historical Context of The Gold Coast Chapter Six: Neoliberalism and Resistance in Ghana Chapter Seven: Electoral Democracy and Subaltern Resistance in Ghana Chapter Eight: Conclusion: Intellectual and Political Implications

Product details

• Authors: Jasper Ayelazuno, Jasper Abembia Ayelazuno
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781472441805
• ISBN: 978-1-4724-4180-5
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Contemporary African Politics; Contemporary African Politics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, Political science & theory, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Regional / International studies, Political science and theory, Society and culture: general, Development Studies, Regional Geography, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies