Global justice networks Geographies of transnational solidarity
Routledge, Paul,
Cumbers, Andrew,
This book provides a critical investigation of what has been termed the 'global justice movement'. Through a detailed study of a grassroots peasants' network in Asia (People's Global Action), an international trade union network (the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mining and General Workers) and the Social Forum process, it analyses some of the global justice movement's component parts, operational networks and their respective dynamics, strategies and practices. The authors argue that the emergence of new globally-connected forms of collective action against neoliberal globalis.
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9780719076855; 9780719076855; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Neoliberalism and its discontents; 2 Networks, global civil society and global justice networks; 3 Global justice networks: operational logics and strategies; 4 Global justice networks: geographical dynamics and convergence spaces; 5 People's Global Action (Asia): peasant solidarity as horizontal networking?; 6 International Federation for Chemical,Energy, Mine and General Workers: labour internationalism as vertical networking?; 7 Social Forums as convergence spaces
8 Geographies of transnational solidarityReferences; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book provides a critical investigation of what has been termed the 'global justice movement'. Through a detailed study of a grassroots peasants' network in Asia (People's Global Action), an international trade union network (the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mining and General Workers) and the Social Forum process, it analyses some of the global justice movement's component parts, operational networks and their respective dynamics, strategies and practices. The authors argue that the emergence of new globally-connected forms of collective action against neoliberal globalis.
Description based on print version record.