Globalization from Below : Transnational Activists and Protest Networks.

By: Porta, Donatella dellaContributor(s): Andretta, Massimiliano | Mosca, LorenzoMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Social Movements, Protest, and ContentionPublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (317 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780816697632Subject(s): Anti-globalization movement | GlobalizationGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Globalization from Below : Transnational Activists and Protest NetworksDDC classification: 303.484 LOC classification: HN17.5 -- .G582 2006ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Globalization and Social Movements -- 2. The Development of a Global Movement: Network Strategies, Democracy, Participation -- 3. Master Frame, Activists' Ideas, and Collective Identity -- 4. Global-Net for Global Movements? A Network of Networks for a Movement of Movements -- 5. Media-Conscious and Nonviolent? Protest Repertoires -- 6. Transnational Protest and Public Order -- 7. Politics, Antipolitics, and Other Politics: Democracy and the Movement for Globalization from Below -- 8. The Global Movement and Democracy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Summary: Presenting the first systematic empirical research on the global justice movement, Globalization from Below analyzes a movement from the viewpoints of the activists, organizers, and demonstrators themselves. The authors traveled to Genoa with anti-G8 protesters and collected data from more than 800 participants. They examine the interactions between challengers and elites, and discuss how new models of activism fit into current social movement work.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Globalization and Social Movements -- 2. The Development of a Global Movement: Network Strategies, Democracy, Participation -- 3. Master Frame, Activists' Ideas, and Collective Identity -- 4. Global-Net for Global Movements? A Network of Networks for a Movement of Movements -- 5. Media-Conscious and Nonviolent? Protest Repertoires -- 6. Transnational Protest and Public Order -- 7. Politics, Antipolitics, and Other Politics: Democracy and the Movement for Globalization from Below -- 8. The Global Movement and Democracy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

Presenting the first systematic empirical research on the global justice movement, Globalization from Below analyzes a movement from the viewpoints of the activists, organizers, and demonstrators themselves. The authors traveled to Genoa with anti-G8 protesters and collected data from more than 800 participants. They examine the interactions between challengers and elites, and discuss how new models of activism fit into current social movement work.

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