1st Edition
Struggles for an Alternative Globalization An Ethnography of Counterpower in Southern France
By Gwyn Williams
Copyright 2008
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
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Through an anthropological study of a highly influential movement of French 'alterglobalization' activists, this book offers an ethnographic window onto the global movement against corporate capitalism and the neoliberal policies of the WTO. Based on extensive fieldwork on the Larzac plateau in rural southern France, it explores the politics of protest in which activists engage. It examines their... Read more
Contents: Introduction: the voice of the street; The Larzac and Millau; Organizing the movement; Being and becoming an activist; Power and domination; Resistance; Moral foundations; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Williams, Gwyn
