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949766
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b704136
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| Main Entry
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Reitan, Ruth.
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| Title & Author
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Global activism /\ Ruth Reitan.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2007.
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| Series Statement
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Rethinking globalizations ;; 5
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1 online resource (xii, 337 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203449789
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: 0203966058
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: 0415455510
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: 1136611010
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: 1136611029
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: 1138161039
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: 6610715041
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: 9780203449783
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: 9780203966051
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: 9780415455510
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: 9780415770361
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: 9781136610974
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: 9781136611018
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: 9781136611025
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: 9781138161030
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: 9786610715046
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-329) and index.
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| Contents
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The globalization of neoliberalism and of activism : an introduction -- Global activism : methodology and scholarly review -- Toward Jubilee 2000 and beyond -- Our World Is Not for Sale -- Via Campesina -- Zapatista-inspired Peoples' Global Action -- Concluding reflections on present and future scholarship and activism.
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| Abstract
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Over the last two decades there has been a sea change in the nature of activism, with groups increasingly networking, launching campaigns, petitioning and framing their demands at the international level. This study examines this development and explores the special role of the World Social Forum.
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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 campaignersVia Campesina peasant farmersOur World Is Not For Saleand the anarchistic Peoples' Global Action. Written by a scholar-activist, the book highlights that despite their diversity, these collective actors follow a simil.
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Anti-globalization movement.
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Globalization-- Social aspects.
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Neoliberalism.
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Social action-- International cooperation, Case studies.
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Social movements-- International cooperation, Case studies.
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Social movements-- International cooperation.
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Anti-globalization movement.
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Globalization-- Social aspects.
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Neoliberalism.
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Social movements-- International cooperation.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.
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| Dewey Classification
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303.48/4
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| LC Classification
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HM881.R45 2007eb
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