Globalization and Social Movements

by Hamel, Pierre; Lustiger-Thaler, Henri; Pieterse, Jan Nederveen; Roseneil, Sasha

• ISBN13: 9780333725351
• ISBN10: 0333725352
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-14
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book uses case studies and theoretical reflection to contextualize the linkages between collective action theories, social movement practices, and the phenomenon of globalization. The perspectives presented will force a rethinking of the exact meaning of globalization and the way in which such insights can be used to advance understanding of basic transformations occurring in the diverse world of the 21st century.

Author Biography

Pierre Hamel is Professor of Urban Planning and Sociology, University of Montreal. Henri Lustiger-Thaler is Associate Professor of Sociology, Ramapo College. Jan Nederveen Pieterse is Associate Professor of Sociology, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague. Sasha Roseneil is Professorial Research Fellow in Sociology and Gender Studies, University of Leeds.

Table of Contents

Notes on the Contributors	ix
Introduction: the Shifting Frames of Collective Action	1	(1)
Pierre Hamel
Henri Lustiger-Thaler
Jan Nederveen Pieterse
Sasha Roseneil
Globalization as metaphor for societies in flux and transformation	1	(2)
Globalization: North and South	3	(1)
Globalization or divided worlds	4	(1)
Multiplying modernities	5	(2)
Multiple modernities	7	(2)
Multiple capitalisms	9	(2)
The global erosion of communities and the local reinvention of belonging	11	(1)
Democracy or globalization?	12	(2)
The essays	14	(7)
PART I: GLOBALIZATION DISCOURSES
Globalization and Collective Action	21	(20)
Jan Nederveen Pieterse
Unpacking globalization	22	(2)
The globalization of collective action	24	(4)
Anti-globalization	28	(3)
Alternative globalism	31	(1)
Shaping globalization	32	(1)
Quiet encroachment	33	(1)
Prospects	34	(7)
Towards a Theory of Global Collective Action and Institutions	41	(20)
Henri Lustiger-Thaler
Louis Maheu
Pierre Hamel
From the institutional traditions of the nation-state to global non-correspondence	42	(4)
Globalization, reflexivity and authenticity: an institutional double movement	46	(8)
Social exclusion: global non-correspondence and global consciousness	54	(7)
Globalizing Civil Society? Social Movements and the Challenge of Global Politics from Below	61	(28)
Catherine Eschle
Retrieving civil society	63	(2)
Globalizing civil society	65	(4)
More problems than solutions	69	(6)
Beyond global civil society	75	(4)
Conclusions	79	(10)
PART II: GLOBAL IDENTITIES: GENDER AND SEXUALITIES
The Global, the Local and the Personal: the Dynamics of a Social Movement in Postmodernity	89	(22)
Sasha Roseneil
Introduction	89	(1)
The global-local-personal context of Greenham	90	(6)
The personal-local-global constitution of Greenham	96	(4)
Thinking globally, acting locally, globally and personally	100	(3)
Global-local-personal outcomes	103	(4)
Conclusion	107	(4)
Transnational Feminist Networks: Collective Action in an Era of Globalization	111	(29)
Valentine M. Moghadam
Introduction	111	(1)
Social theory and transnational feminism	112	(1)
Introducing women, gender and a global perspective	113	(4)
Transnational feminist networks	117	(4)
Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)	121	(2)
Network Women in Development Europe (WIDE)	123	(4)
Women Living Under Muslim Laws/International Solidarity Network (WLUML)	127	(4)
The Association of Women of the Mediterranean Region (AWMR)	131	(2)
Transnational feminist networks and the future of collective action	133	(7)
Global Feminist Theorizing and Organizing: Life-Centred and Multi-Centred Alternatives to Neoliberal Globalization	140	(26)
Angela Miles
Introduction	140	(1)
Life-centred values and visions	141	(5)
Multi-centred movement	146	(20)
Globalization and the Mobilization of Gay and Lesbian Communities	166	(17)
Barry D. Adam
Globalization as culture	166	(3)
Globalization as political economy	169	(4)
Globalization and neoliberalism	173	(2)
The global movement	175	(8)
PART III: THE MULTIPLICITIES OF GLOBALIZATION
Cross-Border, Cross-Movement Alliances in the Late 1990s	183	(23)
Aaron Pollack
Introduction	183	(2)
Encounters Against Neoliberalism and for Humanity	185	(4)
NGO networks	189	(3)
The People's Global Alliance against Free Trade and the World Trade Organization	192	(1)
The Santiago Summit	193	(2)
Comparisons	195	(3)
Conclusions	198	(8)
Collective Movements and Globalization	206	(21)
Antimo Farro
Jean-Guy Vaillancourt
Collective initiatives in the context of global domination	206	(3)
Identity-oriented closure	209	(2)
Autonomy, identity and collective movements	211	(4)
Globalization issues	215	(3)
The components of collective action	218	(1)
The local and the global	219	(4)
Conclusion	223	(4)
Environmental Movements in the Global South: Outline of a Critique of the `Livelihood' Approach	227	(21)
Ranjit Dwivedi
Introduction	227	(1)
Approaching environment movements: North and South	228	(5)
Environmental movements in the South: actors, practices and issues	233	(6)
The local-global nexus	239	(3)
The epistemic dimension of environmental struggles	242	(2)
Assessing prospects	244	(4)
Index	248