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Globalizations and Social Movements : Culture, Power, and the Transnational Public Sphere by John A. Guidry, Michael D. Kennedy, and Mayer N. Zald is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Explores how globalization affects social movements in different countries | Globalization is a set of processes that are weakening national boundaries. Both transnational and local social movements develop to resist the processes of globalization—migration, economic interdependence, global media coverage of events and issues, and intergovernmental relations. Globalization not only spurs the creation of social movements, but affects the way many social movements are structured and work. The essays in this volume illuminate how globalization is caught up in social movement processes and question the boundaries of social movement theory. The book builds on the modern theory of social movements that focuses upon political process and opportunity, resource mobilization and mobilization structure, and the cultural framing of grievances, utopias, ideologies, and options. Some of the essays deal with the structure of international campaigns, while others are focused upon conflicts and movements in less developed countries that have strong international components. The fourteen essays are written by both well established senior scholars and younger scholars in anthropology, political scien

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
John A. Guidry, Michael D. Kennedy, and Mayer N. Zald
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Published
2000
Language
EN
ISBN
9780472097210
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Political Science, Social Science, Sociology

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