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BL
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1042606
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b796976
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Chesters, Graeme, (College teacher)
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Complexity and social movements : : multitudes at the edge of chaos /\ Graeme Chesters and Ian Welsh.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2006.
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| Series Statement
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International library of sociology
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1 online resource (ix, 195 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203487079
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: 041534414X
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: 0415439744
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: 113428781X
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: 6610648298
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: 9780203487075
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: 9780415344142
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: 9780415439749
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: 9781134287765
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: 9781134287802
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: 9781134287819
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: 9786610648290
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041534414X
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-183) and index.
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| Contents
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Introducing global movements -- Prefiguration and emergence -- Reflexive framing : identities, protest dynamics and technology -- From carnival against capitalism to death at high noon : states fight back -- Ecologies of action within global civil society -- Shadow realm : beyond resistance to global nexus -- The death of collective identity? : global movement as a parallelogram of forces -- The map is not the territory.
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| Abstract
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"This book fuses two key concerns of contemporary sociology: globalisation and its discontents with the 'complexity turn' in social theory." "The authors utilise complexity theory to analyse the shifting constellation of social movement networks that constitute opposition to neo-liberal globalisation. They explore how seemingly chaotic and highly differentiated social actors interacting globally through computer-mediated communications, face to face gatherings and protests constitute a 'multitude' not easily grasped through established models of social and political change."
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"Drawing upon extensive empirical research and utilising concepts drawn from the natural and social sciences, this book suggests a framework for understanding mobilisation, identity formation and information flows in global social movements operating within complex societies. It suggests that this 'movement of movements' exhibits an emergent order on the edge of chaos, a turbulence that is recasting political agency in the twenty-first century." "Both topical and timely, this unique book will appeal to students and researchers across the social sciences, humanities and the discipline of cultural studies with an interest in the complexity of global movements and social change."--Jacket.
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Anti-globalization movement.
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Complexity (Philosophy)
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Globalization.
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Social movements.
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Anti-globalization movement.
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Complexity (Philosophy)
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Globalization.
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Social movements.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.
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| Dewey Classification
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303.48/4/01
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| LC Classification
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HM881.C44 2006eb
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| Added Entry
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Welsh, Ian,1954-
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