1st Edition
Global Civil Society and Transversal Hegemony The Globalization-Contestation Nexus
By Karen Buckley
Copyright 2013
178 Pages
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Routledge
192 Pages
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Routledge
192 Pages
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Routledge
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There has been clear recognition of tendencies towards uncritically celebrating resistance and the need for critical appraisal within the literature on globalization and contestation.
This book provides a conceptual history of global civil society and a critical examination of the politics of resistance in the global political economy. It uses a dialectical method of analysis to illustrate... Read more
1. Introduction: Globalization and Contestation 2. Critical Conceptualisation and Transversal Hegemony 3. Producing Knowledge through Global Civil Society 4. Constituting Global Civil Society through Global Governance 5. 'Dialectics of Presence' at the World Social Forum 6. Situating Global Consciousness and Contestation at the World People's Conference 7. Contestation and Change 8. Conclusion
Biography
Karen M. Buckley is a lecturer in International Politics at the University of Manchester, UK.
