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9780230620247

Protest and Organization in the Alternative Globalization Era NGOs, Social Movements, and Political Parties

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    9780230620247

  • ISBN10:

    0230620248

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-12-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

This study looks at the ongoing efforts of the Alternative Global Movement and World Social Forum to reconcile contests over political organization

Author Biography

Heather Gautney is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Fordham University and a grassroots activist. She is co-editor of Democracy, States and the Struggle for Global Justice (2009) and Implicating Empire: Globalization and Resistance in the 21st Century (2003). She is also on the editorial board of Social Text.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introductionp. 1
Neoliberal Globalization: Origins and Effectsp. 9
The Alternative Globalization Movement and World Social Forump. 39
Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)p. 85
Antiauthoritarian Social Movementsp. 111
Political Parties and the Statep. 141
States and Movementsp. 165
Conclusionp. 177
Abbreviationsp. 181
The World Social Forum Charter of Principlesp. 185
ôPolycentricö World Social Forum Themes 2006 and ôGoals of Actionö for World Social Forum 2009p. 189
Appendix 3p. 193
Notesp. 197
Bibliographyp. 203
Indexp. 227
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