Transforming Globalization : : Challenges and Opportunities in the Post 9/11 Era / / edited by Bruce Podobnik, Thomas Reifer.

• Superior document: Studies in Critical Social Sciences ; 3
• TeilnehmendeR: Podobnik, Bruce,; Reifer, Thomas,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2005.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences ; 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (211 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This volume examines the emergence of the movement of resistance that has arisen to challenge neoliberal forms of globalization. The co-authors of this book describe how workers, environmentalists, human rights activists, and a wide variety of other groups have joined together to protest against institutions such as the WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank. Ongoing challenges facing the movement are objectively reviewed. Authors also highlight the continuing vitality of the movement in the post 9/11 period. By providing a collection of social scientific analyses, this volume significantly advances our understanding of what is probably the most important progressive movement of our time.

Table of Contents

1. The Effort to Transform Globalization: Historical and Contemporary Struggles, Bruce Podobnik And Thomas -- Reifer -- 2. From "Anti-Globalization" to the Global Justice Movement: Framing Collective Action Against Neoliberalism -- Jeffrey Ayres -- 3. Exploring Connections Between Global Integration and Political Mobilization, Jackie Smith -- 4. Resistance to Globalization: Cycles and Trends in the Globalization Protest Movement, Bruce Podobnik -- 5. Taking to the Streets Against Neoliberalism: Global Days of Action and Other Strategies, Lesley Wood -- 6. The Workers' Party and the World Social Forum: Challenges of Building a Just Social Order, Gianpaolo -- Baiocchi -- 7. Trajectories of Indigenous Resistance Before and After 9/11, Thomas Hall And James Fenelon -- 8. From Anti-Sweatshop, to Global Justice, to Anti-War: Student Participation in Globalization Protests -- Robert J.S. Ross -- 9. Blue-Green Coalitions: Constraints and Possibilities in the Post 9/11 Political Environment, Kenneth Gould, 10. Tammy Lewis, and J. Timmons Roberts -- 11. Global Social Movements at the Crossroads: An Investigation of Relations Between the Anti-Corporate -- 12. Globalization and Environmental Movements, Frederick Buttel and Kenneth Gould -- 13. Torture, Human Rights and the Challenges Facing the Global Peace and Justice Movement, Thomas -- Reifer -- Author Biographical Statements -- Bibliography -- Index.