Power, Profit and Protest
Subtitle: Australian Social Movements and Globalisation
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Academic
Published: September 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781741140163
Subjects: Political Science; Social aspects; International business enterpr; Discrimination & Racism; Sociology - General; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; International business enterprises; General; Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations; Demonstrations; Social movements; Australia & New Zealand - General; Globalization; Australia
Description: "Verity Burgmann argues that corporate globalisation has threatened or transformed established social movements, and sparked powerful new forms of social protest. She examines the impact of globalisation and neo-liberal government policies on the feminist and indigenous rights movements, showing how they have been affected by the politics of backlash after decades of success. She explores the way in which the environment movement, too, has been affected by rising corporate political influence. She also analyses the emergence of anti-capitalist and anti-corporate activism and the profound challenges posed by this newest of social movements to the state, to society in general and to the labour movement in particular."--Jacket.