| Description |
vi, 257 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
1. Globalization and Resistance: An Introduction / Jackie Smith and Hank Johnston -- 2. Explaining Cross-national Similarities among Social Movements / Marco G. Giugni -- 3. Transnational Structures and Protest: Linking Theories and Assessing Evidence / Gregory M. Maney -- 4. Irish Transnational Social Movements, Migrants, and the State System / Michael Hanagan -- 5. Conservation TSMOs: Shaping the Protected Area Systems of Less Developed Countries / Tammy L. Lewis -- 6. Transnational Diffusion and the African-American Reinvention of the Gandhian Repertoire / Sean Chabot -- 7. From Local to Global: The Anti-dam Movement in Southern Brazil, 1979-1992 / Franklin Daniel Rothman and Pamela E. Oliver -- 8. Creating Transnational Solidarity: The Use of Narrative in the U.S.-Central America Peace Movement / Sharon Erickson Nepstad -- 9. Elite Alliances and Transnational Environmental Movement Organizations / Beth Schaefer Caniglia -- 10. Building Networks from the Outside In: Japanese NGOs and the Kyoto Climate Change Conference / Kim D. Reimann -- 11. Transnational Political Processes and Contention against the Global Economy / Jeffrey M. Ayres -- 12. Globalizing Resistance: The Battle of Seattle and the Future of Social Movements / Jackie Smith -- 13. From Lumping to Splitting: Specifying Globalization and Resistance / Sidney Tarrow |
| Summary |
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. [from publisher's advertisement] |
| Notes |
"Distributed by National Book Network"--T.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Social movements.
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Globalization.
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| Author |
Johnston, Hank, 1947-
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Smith, Jackie, 1968-
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| LC no. |
2002069691 |
| ISBN |
0742519899 hardback alkaline paper |
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0742519902 paperback alkaline paper |
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