Globalization and Resistance: Transnational Dimensions of Social Movements

Book Overview

Globalization and Resistance brings together cutting-edge theory and research about how global economics and politics alter the way ordinary people engage in contentious political action. The cases range from nineteenth-century Irish immigrant networks, to protests against World Bank projects in the Amazon, to contemporary transnational organizing for the environment, to the "battle of Seattle." The volume illuminates the reciprocal effects between globalization processes and social movements.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742519902
• ISBN13: 9780742519909
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.1" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Making thoughtful connections.

This book presents a historically nuanced, context sensitive series of essays on transnational social movements. I especially liked Sean Chabot's essay on the links between the non-violent movement in india and the Civil Rights movement in the US. While I've read the book before, this essay prompted me to buy the book.