Global Social Movements

by Cohen, Robin; Rai, Shirin

• ISBN13: 9780485006155
• ISBN10: 0485006154
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Athlone Pr

Summary

Globalization has more than one face. Global cultural and economic forces, particularly through the dynamics of huge corporations, shape the picture from above, but a new global consciousness, through the activities of social movements, is emerging from below. While states remain important power containers, the development of these global social movements demonstrates that we are entering a post-national phase, with political action becoming more unconventional, open, participatory, direct and focused. The book provides a very broad and systematic analysis of social movements in a globalizing world, integrating case material from a range of fields. Human rights, women's, peace, labor, religious and green movements are all discussed.

Table of Contents

Contributors and Editors	vii
Acronyms	x
Global Social Movements
Towards a cosmopolitan politics	1	(17)
Robin Cohen
Shirin M. Rai
Enmeshed in the Web?
Indigenous peoples' rights in the network society	18	(15)
Paul Havemann
Human Rights
Suffering between movements and markets	33	(13)
Upendra Baxi
The Women's Movement
Boundary-crossing on terrains of conflict	46	(16)
Cynthia Cockburn
Making Global Connections Among Women, 1970-99	62	(39)
Deborah Stienstra
Labour in the Global
Challenges and prospects	83	(18)
Ronaldo Munck
International Labour Solidarity After the Cold War	101	(33)
Sarah Ashwin
Environmental Ngos and Globalization
The governance of TNCs	117	(17)
Peter Newell
Shell, A Sure Target for Global Environmental Campaigning?	134	(31)
Steve Yearley
John Forrester
The Islamic Revival
Antinomies of Islamic movements under globalization	146	(19)
Paul M. Lubeck
Religious Movements and Globalization	165	(31)
James A. Beckford
The Peace Movement
Retrospects and prospect	184	(12)
John Mattausch
Notes	196	(7)
Acknowledgements	203	(1)
Bibliography	204	(16)
Index	220