"The World We Wish to See presents a sweeping view of twentieth-century political history and a stirring appeal to take political organization seriously. Amin offers provocative analysis of contemporary resistance to neoliberalism, while boldly calling for a new global movement,…
An innovative ethnography of transnational activist networking within the movements against corporate globalization.
Introduction: The cultural logic of networking -- The Seattle effect -- Anti/corporate globalization soldiers in Barcelona -- Grassroots mobilization and shifting alliances -- Performing networks at direct-action protests -- Spaces of terror : violence and repression in Genoa --…
Since the first worldwide protests inspired by Peoples' Global Action (PGA)--including the mobilization against the November 1999 World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle--anti-corporate globalization activists have staged direct action protests against multilateral institut…
"Does globalization help everyone or just the rich? Is it the enemy of sustainability or the only hope against climate change? Rival camps are dug in, but Anthea Roberts and Nicolas Lamp find points of agreement. Isolating the value conflicts that drive the globalization debate,…
"This timely Handbook brings together leading international scholars from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and geopolitical perspectives to interrogate the intersections between migration and global justice. It explores how cross-border mobility and migration have been affect…
The G7, anti-globalism and the governance of globalization : setting the scene / Chiara Oldani, Jan Wouters and Alex Andrione-Moylan -- Advancing global openness : G7 governance of globalization / John J. Kirton -- The master frames of globalization and the G7 : beyond the left …
The G7, a self-selected club of like-minded industrialized countries, looks at first glance ill-suited to address current anti-globalist concerns. Despite this, it has successfully confronted anti-globalization, populist and protectionist pressures by focussing on concerns surro…
This book analyzes the World Social Forum (WSF) in a context of crisis and transition in the history of Western capitalist modernity. Based on ten years of fieldwork on three continents, this book treats social movements as knowledge producers. It pays attention to what movement…