Transforming Globalization

by Podobnik, Bruce; Reifer, Thomas Ehrlich

• ISBN13: 9789004145832
• ISBN10: 9004145834
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-07-15
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

This volume examines the emergence of the movement of resistance that has arisen to challenge neoliberal forms of globalization. The co-authors of this book describe how workers, environmentalists, human rights activists, and a wide variety of other groups have joined together to protest against institutions such as the WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank. Ongoing challenges facing the movement are objectively reviewed. Authors also highlight the continuing vitality of the movement in the post 9/11 period. By providing a collection of social scientific analyses, this volume significantly advances our understanding of what is probably the most important progressive movement of our time. Bruce Podobnik is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Lewis and Clark College (Portland, OR). He is author of Global Energy Shifts (2005), as well as articles on environmental and social movement topics. Thomas Reifer, Ph.D. (2000) in Sociology, State University of New York at Binghamton, is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of San Diego.

Table of Contents

The Effort to Transform Globalization: Historical and Contemporary Struggles	1	(8)
BRUCE PODOBNIK AND THOMAS REIFER
From "Anti-Globalization" to the Global Justice Movement: Framing Collective Action Against Neoliberalism	9	(20)
JEFFREY AYRES
Exploring Connections Between Global Integration and Political Mobilization	29	(22)
JACKIE SMITH
Resistance to Globalization: Cycles and Trends in the Globalization Protest Movement	51	(18)
BRUCE PODOBNIK
Liking to the Streets Against Neoliberalism: Global Days of Action and Other Strategies	69	(14)
LESLEY WOOD
The Workers' Party and the World Social Forum: Challenges of Building a Just Social Order	83	(12)
GIANPAOLO BAIOCCHI
Trajectories of Indigenous Resistance Before and After 9/11	95	(16)
THOMAS HALL AND JAMES FENELON
From Anti-Sweatshop, to Global Justice, to Anti-War: Student Participation in Globalization Protests	111	(12)
ROBERT J.S. ROSS
Blue-Green Coalitions: Constraints and Possibilities in the Post 9/11 Political Environment	123	(16)
KENNETH GOULD, TAMMY LEWIS, AND J. TIMMONS ROBERTS
Global Social Movements at the Crossroads: An Investigation of Relations Between the Anti-Corporate Globalization and Environmental Movements	139	(18)
FREDERICK BUTTEL AND KENNETH GOULD
Torture, Human Rights and the Challenges Facing the Global Peace and Justice Movement	157	(10)
THOMAS REIFER
Author Biographical Statements	167	(4)
Bibliography	171	(24)
Index	195