Transnational Protest and Global Activism

Informationen zum Autor Donatella della Porta is professor of sociology at the European University Institute, Florence. Sidney Tarrow is the Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Government and professor of sociology at Cornell University. Klappentext In this book, two titans of social movement scholarship bring together the best current research on the nexus between the local and the global in translating the global justice movement into action at the grassroots, and vice versa. Using recent cases of transnational contention_from the European Social Forum in Florence to the Argentinean human rights movement and British environmentalists, from movement networks in Bristol and Glasgow to the Zapatistas_the original chapters by distinguished scholars presented in this volume adapt current social movement theory to what appears to be a new cycle of protest developing around the globe. Zusammenfassung Here! two titans of social movement scholarship bring together the best current research on the nexus between the local and the global in translating the global justice movement into action at the grassroots! and vice versa. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Transnational Processes and Social Activism: An Introduction Part 2 I Transnationalism from the Inside Chapter 3 A Limited Transnationalization? The British Environmental Movement Chapter 4 Cities in the World: Local Civil Society and Global Issues in Britain Part 5 II Diffusion and Scale Shift Chapter 6 The Sequencing of Transnational and National Social Movement Mobilization: The Organizational Mobilization of the Global and U.S. Environmental Movements Chapter 7 The Impact of Transnational Protest on Social Movement Organizations: Mass Media and the Making of ATTAC Germany Chapter 8 Scale Shift in Transnational Contention Part 9 III Internationalization Chapter 10 Patterns of Dynamic Multilevel Governance and the Insider-Outsider Coalition Chapter 11 Multiple Belongings, Tolerant Identities, and the Construction of "Another Politics": Between the European Social Forum and the Local Social Fora Chapter 12 Social Movements beyond Borders: Understanding Two Eras of Transnational Activism Chapter 13 Conclusion: "Globalization," Complex Internationalism, and Transnational Contention Chapter 14 Appendix A: Organizational Consolidation Chapter 15 Appendix B: Repertoires of Action...

Product details

• Authors: Donatella della Porta
• Assisted by: Donatella della Porta (Editor), Sidney Tarrow (Editor), Sidney G. Tarrow (Editor), Tarrow Sidney (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.08.2004
• EAN: 9780742535879
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-3587-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 18 mm
• Series: People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations and the Political Process; People, Passions, and Power (P; People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations, and the P; People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations, and the P
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, Political activism, Political activism / Political engagement