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The state of resistance : popular struggles in the global south.
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ISBN: 9781842778685 9781842778678 Year: 2007 Publisher: London Zed

Globalization from below : transnational activists and protest networks.
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ISBN: 9780816646425 0816646422 9780816646432 0816646430 Year: 2006 Volume: 26 Publisher: Minneapolis University of Minnesota press

Changing anarchism : anarchist theory and practice in a global age
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ISBN: 0719066948 0719066956 9786610719587 1280719583 1847791018 9781847791016 9781526137289 1526137283 Year: 2004 Publisher: Manchester : New York : Manchester University Press,

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The high ideals of anarchism have inspired generations of activists and political thinkers for over a century and a half, winning respect from even the fiercest of opponents. As the 'conscience of politics', anarchism's opposition to all forms of power and its emphasis on responsibility and self-determination has provided a constant benchmark for other areas of political philosophy and practice. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, with popular movements challenging the logic of globalisation, Western military imperialism and the assumptions of 'democratic' governments, anarchist theory and practice has once again made its presence felt. 'Changing anarchism' documents the links between these movements and contemporary anarchism and demonstrates how anarchist ideas are evolving in a global age. In particular, the book examines strands within anarchism concerned with technology, the environment and identity, and suggests that these are useful sociological tools for understanding the pervasive and interconnected nature of power. The contributors also offer practical insight into how power is being resisted in a variety of social and political contexts and how anarchist ideals are impacting on many different areas of everyday life. The balance of activist perspectives on anti-capitalism, sexuality, narcotics, education and mental health, combined with theoretical material drawn from post-structuralism, ecologism, the complexity sciences and social movement theory, ensures that Changing Anarchism will appeal to the general reader as well as to students of politics, sociology and cultural studies.


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Le Sud : entre mondialisation et altermondialisation
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ISBN: 9782870034811 2870034814 Year: 2008 Volume: *1 Publisher: Charleroi : Couleur livres,


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Becoming a movement : identity, narrative and memory in the European global justice movement
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ISBN: 1786603810 1786603799 1786603802 Year: 2017 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield International

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Social movement scholars have become increasingly interested in the role of stories in contentious politics. Stories may facilitate the mobilization of activists and strengthen the resonance of their claims within public discourse and institutional politics. This book explores the role of narratives in building collective identity – a vital element in activists’ continued commitment. While often claimed important, the connection between narratives and movement identity remains understudied. Drawing on a rich pool of original data, the book’s analysis focusses on the Global Justice Movement (GJM), a movement known for its diversity of political perspectives. Based on a comparison of different national constellations of the GJM in Europe, the book demonstrates the centrality of activists’ narratives in forming and maintaining movement identity and in making the GJM more enduring.


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Shutting down the streets : political violence and social control in the global era
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ISBN: 9780814740996 0814740995 9780814741009 0814741002 9780814708736 0814708730 9780814738351 0814738354 Year: 2011 Publisher: New York : New York University Press,

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Recently, a wall was built in eastern Germany. Made of steel and cement blocks, topped with razor barbed wire, and reinforced with video monitors and movement sensors, this wall was not put up to protect a prison or a military base, but rather to guard a three-day meeting of the finance ministers of the Group of Eight (G8). The wall manifested a level of security that is increasingly commonplace at meetings regarding the global economy. The authors of Shutting Down the Streets have directly observed and participated in more than 20 mass actions against global in North America and Europe, beginning with the watershed 1999 WTO meetings in Seattle and including the 2007 G8 protests in Heiligendamm. Shutting Down the Streets is the first book to conceptualize the social control of dissent in the era of alterglobalization. Based on direct observation of more than 20 global summits, the book demonstrates that social control is not only global, but also preemptive, and that it relegates dissent to the realm of criminality. The charge is insurrection, but the accused have no weapons. The authors document in detail how social control forecloses the spaces through which social movements nurture the development of dissent and effect disruptive challenges.


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L'essor de l'altermondialisme : expression de la montée en Occident d'une culture démocrate-radicale.
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ISBN: 9782296035553 Year: 2007 Publisher: Paris Harmattan

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