Citizenship Utopias in the Global South - The Emergent Forms of Activism in an Era of Disillusionment

Citizenship Utopias in the Global South is an edited collection of empirical research that explores emergent forms of activism in Africa, Asia, and Latin America in times of multiple crises.

List of contents

1. Citizenship utopias in the Global South: Emerging activisms, re-imagining citizenships
PART I: Activism in times of disillusionment
2. Activist contestations in contemporary socio-political change making in Kenya
3. Disavowing politics: An alternative way of doing politics for young Algerians
4. Communication in coronavirus crisis: A case study of communication practices of activists in Johannesburg in the COVID-19 pandemic
5. The Chilean awakening in a global decade of social movements
PART II: Decolonising the state
6. Everyday citizenship and decolonising utopias in Cotacachi county, Ecuador
7. Black feminist and anti-racist activism: Past and present of struggles for racial justice in Cuba
8. Higher education under neoliberalism: A perspective from South African student activists
9. Fighting for racial equality: Hope, disillusionment, and perseverance in post-revolutionary Tunisia
PART III: Re-imagining citizenships
10. Governing through corruption: Young men, the state, and citizenship in interior Tunisia
11. Imaginaries of social change in Algeria: Nonviolent acts of citizenship of the autonomous trade union activists
12. "Carrot and stick": Cooperative citizenship and the pedagogic state in Vietnam
13. Hindu nationalism or collaborative social justice? The role of queer communities in furthering democracy in India
14. Afterword: Citizenship Utopias in an Age of Polycrises?

About the author

Henri Onodera is a University Lecturer in Global Development Studies at the University of Helsinki.
Martta Kaskinen is a PhD Researcher in Global Development Studies at the University of Helsinki.
Eija Ranta is an Academy of Finland Research Fellow at the University of Helsinki.

Summary

Citizenship Utopias in the Global South is an edited collection of empirical research that explores emergent forms of activism in Africa, Asia, and Latin America in times of multiple crises.

Product details

• Authors: Henri (University of Helsinki Onodera
• Assisted by: Martta Kaskinen (Editor), Henri Onodera (Editor), Onodera Henri (Editor), Eija Ranta (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032458311
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3245831-1
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: Routledge Studies in Political Sociology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Globalization, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Utopias, Colonialism & imperialism, Politics & government, Political Economy, Politics and government, Colonialism and imperialism, Political activism / Political engagement, Global South / Developing countries, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General