Global Activism Reader

Name: Global Activism Reader
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ISBN: 9781441179555

ISBN-10: 1441179550

ISBN-13: 9781441179555

Edition: 2011

Authors: Luc Reydams

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Designed for undergraduate students, the reader combines essays on actual causes and issues that mobilize activists with theory and concepts of social mobilization.

Book details

List price: $54.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication date: 1/13/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Social Movements, NGOs, Networks, and the Idea of a Global Civil Society



Social Movements, NGOs, and Networks




Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Movement Society




The Rise and Fall of Transnational Civil Society: The Evolution of International Non-Governmental Organizations since the Mid-Nineteenth Century




Anti-Slavery and Congo Reform



Transatlantic Activism in the Eighteenth Century: the Anti-Slavery Movement




Transnational Humanitarian Heroes in the Early Twentieth Century: The Congo Reform Movement




Global Labor



Transnational Pioneers: The International Labor Movement




Labor Rights as Human Rights: Regulation in the Context of a ï¿½Thinnedï¿½ National State




Human Rights



The Power of Norms versus the Norms of Power: Transnational Civil Society and Human Rights




Civil Society and the International Criminal Court




Human Rights NGOs: A Critical Evaluation




Women's Rights



The Global Women's Movement: Origins, Issues and Strategies




Contesting Women's Rights: Charting the Emergence of a Transnational Conservative Counter-network




Environment



Spinning the Green Web: Transnational Environmentalism




Transnational Policy Networks and the Role of Advocacy Scientists: From Ozone Layer Protection to Climate Change




Challenging Global Warming as a Social Problem: An Analysis of the Conservative Movement's Counter-Claims




Peace and Disarmament



Banning the Bomb




The Ottawa Process: Nine-Day Wonder or a New Model for Disarmament Negotiations?




Assessing the Small Arms Movement: The Trials and Tribulations of a Transnational Network




Social Justice and Democracy



Before Seattle: The Historical Roots of the Current Movement against Corporate-led Globalization




Reclaiming the Commons




Creating Spaces for Global Democracy: The World Social Forum Process




Is Another World Possible? Problems and Shortcomings of the World Social Forum



Notes on Authors


Index