1st Edition

Global Activism

By Ruth Reitan Copyright 2007
352 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

352 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

352 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This comprehensive study traces the transnationalization of activist networks, analyzing their changing compositions and characters and examining the roles played by the World Social Forum in this process. Comparing four of the largest global networks targeting the 'neoliberal triumvirate' of the World Bank, the IMF and the World Trade Organization: the Jubilee anti-debt campaigners... Read more
1. The Globalization of Neoliberalism and of Activism: An Introduction  2. Global Activism: Methodology and Scholarly Review  3. Toward Jubilee 2000 and Beyond  4. Our World Is Not for Sale  5. Via Campesina  6. Zapatista-Inspired Peoples’ Global Action  7. Concluding Reflections on Present and Future Scholarship and Activism  Appendixes  Bibliography

Biography

Ruth Reitan is Visiting Assistant Professor at University of Miami’s Department of International Studies, USA.