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Social movements for global democracy / Jackie Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Jackie, 1968-
- Series:
- Themes in global social change.
- Themes in global social change
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social movements.
- Globalization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- Illuminating the deep-seated struggles between two visions of globalization, Smith reveals a network of activists who have long been working to democratize the global political system.
- Contents:
- Contested globalizations
- Rival transnational networks
- Politics in a global system
- Globalizing capitalism : the transnational neoliberal network in action
- Promoting multilateralism : social movements and the UN system
- Mobilizing a transnational network for democratic globalization
- Agenda setting in a global polity
- Domesticating international human rights norms
- Confronting contradictions between multilateral economic institutions and the UN system
- Alternative political spaces : the world social forum process and "globalization from below"
- Conclusion: Network politics and global democracy.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-279) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9686-X
- OCLC:
- 923194005
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