Citizenship and Social Movements Perspectives from the Global South

Name: Citizenship and Social Movements Perspectives from the Global South
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ISBN: 9781848133891

ISBN-10: 1848133898

ISBN-13: 9781848133891

Edition: 2010

Authors: Eghosa E. Osaghae, Lisa Thompson, Arilson Favareto, Professor Chris Tapscott, Ranjita Mohanty

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List price: $31.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Zed Books, Limited
Publication date: 1/14/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Eghosa E. Osaghae taught politics at Ibadan University in Nigeria and is currently Professor and Head of Political Studies at the University of Transkei, South Africa. He is the author of Adjustment and Ethnicity in Nigeria and editor of Democratic Transition in Africa and Between State and Civil Society in Africa.



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Abbreviations and acronyms


Foreword



Introduction: mobilization and social movements in the South - the challenges of inclusive governance




Socio-economic rights and social movements



Social movements and rights claims: the case of action groups in the Niger Delta




Why do garment workers in Bangladesh fail to mobilize?




Mobilization through litigation: claiming health rights on asbestos issues in South Africa




Social movements and global development discourses



Water and rights: state management in South Africa and India




Environmental activism in Brazil: the rise of a social movement




The struggle towards rights and communitarian citizenship: the Zapatista movement in Mexico




Mobilization, social movements and inclusive governance



Participation, inclusion and development under conditions of social mobilization




Popular mobilization, party dominance and participatory governance in South Africa




Contesting development, reinventing democracy: grassroots social movements in India




Social mobilization in Cape Town: a tale of two communities



About the contributors


Index