Global Backlash: Citizen Initiatives for a Just World Economy

Book Overview

Global Backlash is the first book to move beyond the monolithic portrayal of the globalization protests that have escalated since Seattle and are not likely to abate soon. With trenchant analysis and dozens of primary documents from a variety of popular and uncommon sources, Robin Broad explores proposals and initiatives coming from the backlash to answer the question, "But what do they want?" A range of sophisticated propositions and a vibrant debate among segments of the backlash emerge. Highly readable and analytically powerful, this book is vital to understanding the most potent protest movement of our times.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742510344
• ISBN13: 9780742510340
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Innovative and fascinating collection

If you want to gain insight into the goals, motivations, and tactics of the antiglobalization social movement, this is the book for you. The editor, who is a professor of international development at American University in Washington, D.C., has selected more than 40 documents (mostly written by activists themselves) that illustrate both the diversity of the movement and its underlying themes. Whether your interest is in indigenous peoples, the environment, the labor movement, fair trade, or development, you will find valuable and illuminating information in this volume.