Social Movements for Global Democracy (inbunden)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
304
Utgivningsdatum
2008-03-01
Upplaga
illustrated ed
Förlag
Johns Hopkins University Press
Illustrationer
3 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensioner
227 x 151 x 20 mm
Vikt
420 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780801887444

Social Movements for Global Democracy

av Jackie Smith
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Häftad,  Engelska, 2008-03-01
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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.
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Smith's book nicely illuminates the emerging world of global civil society, providing tools for its ongoing study. -- G. John Ikenberry Foreign Affairs 2008 Highly recommended. Choice 2008 She mobilizes a host of secondary literature, as well as original field research, to offer a well-supported examination of the threats to, and need for, making multilateral institutions work on behalf of those who would save the world, not sell it. -- Elisabeth Jay Friedman Mobilization 2008 An impassioned examination of transnational social movements... provides valuable insights into the mobilization, tactics, and successes of the democratic globalization movement. -- Liam Swiss Canadian Journal of Sociology 2009 This is an excellent study that shows the diversity of the democratic globalization movement. -- Agnieszka Paczynska Peace and Change 2009 Smith has gathered a very impressive collection of data on complex global processes and structures. Writing from an engaged, critical perspective, she offers a coherent, thoughtful analysis of contested processes of globalization and constructive insights on potential pathways toward global democratization. This excellent book will be of great interest to sociologists and other students of this critical issue of our times. -- Lynn R. Horton Contemporary Sociology 2009

Övrig information

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.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Tables and Figures Preface Part I: Foundations 1. Contested Globalizations 2. Rival Transnational Networks 3. Politics in a Global System Part II: Rival Networks Examined 4. Globalizing Capitalism: The Transnational Neoliberal Network in Action 5. Promoting Multilateralism: Social Movements and the UN System 6. Mobilizing a Transnational Network for Democratic Globalization Part III: Struggles for Multilateralism and Global Democracy 7. Agenda Setting in a Global Polity 8. Domesticating International Human Rights Norms 9. Confronting Contradictions between Multilateral Economic Institutions and the UN System 10. Alternative Political Spaces: The World Social Forum Process and "Globalization from Below" Conclusion: Network Politics and Global Democracy Notes References Index

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