Alter-Globalization

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Contrary to the common view that globalization undermines social agency, & lsquo;alter-globalization activists', that is, those who contest globalization in its neo-liberal form, have developed new ways to become actors in the global age. They propose alternatives to Washington Consensus policies, implement horizontal and participatory organization models and promote a nascent global public space. Rather than being anti-globalization, these activists have built a truly global movement that has …

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Full title :Alter-Globalization

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Publication Date:2010

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Publisher(s):Polity Press
Place of Publication:Chichester
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010

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Description:316 p.

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ISBN:074564676X, 9780745646763, 9780745646756, 0745646751
oclc:ocn768101465
Dewey Decimal:303.482

Foreword by Alain Touraine; Acknowledgements; Part 1: Alter-Globalization -- Becoming Actors in the Global Age: Introduction From the first uprisings to the global crisis, A global movement 1. The Will to Become an Actor, An actor against neoliberal ideology, Social agency in the global age, Part 2: The Way of Subjectivity: 2. The Experience of Another World, Resisting through subjectivity, Spaces of experience, Diversions of experience 3. From the Mountains of Chiapas to Urban, Neighbourhoods, The Zapatistas, Barricade social and cultural centre, Alter-activist youth, From the Zapatistas to alter-activists 4. Expressive Movements and Anti-Power, A concept of social change, A social and subjective engagement, Illusions of anti-power and diversions of spaces of experience, Facing the political, Conclusion Part 3: The Way of Reason: 5. Expertise for Another World, Resisting through reason, Spaces of expertise, The ambivalence of expertise, Conclusion

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