Since their invention by Westerners in the 18th century, social movements became vehicles of popular politics across the world. Tilly provides rich insights into the origins of contemporary movement practices, social movements & democratisation, & likelyfutures.
Our political and personal lives continue to be lived in the broad wake of the 1960s. Basic conflicts came to the fore in that decade and continue to define our politics: more egalitarian race and gender relations; a new openness with respect to sexuality; greater concern for th…
PART I: STRUGGLES OVER DISPOSSESSION: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND THE STATE IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH Labour Protest and Hegemony in Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula-- J. Chalcraft Choice from No Choice-- Rights for the Left? The State, Law and the Struggle against Prepayment Water Meters in …
Introduction: mobilization and social movements in the south : the challenges of inclusive governance / Lisa Thompson and Chris Tapscott. - Social movements and rights claims : the case of action groups in the Niger Delta / Elosa E. Osaghae. - Why do garment workers in Banglades…
"Liberals and leftists in the United States have not always been estranged from one another as they are today. In his new book, historian Doug Rossinow examines how the cooperation and the creative tension between left-wing radicals and liberal reformers advanced many of the mos…
"Social movements have played a vital role in Indian politics since well before the inception of India as a new nation in 1947. During the Nehruvian era, poverty alleviation was a foundational standard against which policy proposals and political claims were measured; at this ti…
"Social movements have played a vital role in Indian politics since well before the inception of India as a new nation in 1947. During the Nehruvian era, poverty alleviation was a foundational standard against which policy proposals and political claims were measured; at this ti…
"In this classic work of feminist political thought, Iris Marion Young challenges the prevailing reduction of social justice to distributive justice. The starting point for her critique is the experience and concerns of the new social movements that were created by marginal and …