Urban movements in a globalising world / edited by Pierre Hamel, Henri Lustiger-Thaler, and Margit Mayer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hamel, Pierre, 1947-

Lustiger-Thaler, Henri, 1951-

Mayer, Margit.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Urban.

Social movements.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

ix, 221 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Contents:

Introduction: urban social movements

local thematics, global spaces / Pierre Hamel, Henri Lustiger-Thaler, Margit Mayer 1

Part I Urban social movements: global impacts and the new urban citizenship 23

1 New social movements, poor people's movements and the struggle for social citizenship / Roland Roth 25

2 The miniaturisation of collective action: ghettos and global space / Henri Lustiger-Thaler 45

3 Marginalisation and political responses in the French context / Sophie Body-Gendrot 59

Part II The urban economy in global context 79

4 Globalisation, entrepreneurial cities and the social economy / Bob Jessop 81

5 Local finance in a global economy: palliative or panacea? / Marguerite Mendell 101

6 Workfare and community economic development in Montreal: community and work in the late twentieth century / Eric Shragge, Jean-Marc Fontan 123

Part III Urban social movements and the global future 139

7 Urban social movements in an era of globalisation / Margit Mayer 141

8 The fragmentation of social movements and social justice: beyond the traditional forms of localism / Pierre Hamel 158

9 Local citizens' initiatives during the (East) German transformation / Dieter Rink 177

10 The diversity of Eastern European social movements: urban movements, new social movements and nationalist movements in post-socialist societies / Katy Pickvance 192.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415244250

OCLC:

44427131