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:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection deals with the transformation of urban movements in these new social, economic and political environments.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: urban social movements; local thematics, global spaces; Urban social movements: global impacts and the new urban citizenship; New social movements, poor people's movements and the struggle for social citizenship; The miniaturisation of collective action: ghettos and global space; Marginalisation and political responses in the French context; The urban economy in global context; Globalisation, entrepreneurial cities and the social economy

Local finance in a global economy: palliative or panacea?Workfare and community economic development in Montreal: community and work in the late twentieth century; Urban social movements and the global future; Urban social movements in an era of globalisation; The fragmentation of social movements and social justice: beyond the traditional forms of localism; Local citizens' initiatives during the (East) German transformation; The diversity of Eastern European social movements: urban movements, new social movements and nationalist movements in post-socialist societies; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-54239-9

1-134-54240-2

1-280-07356-X

0-203-36136-9

9780203361368

OCLC:

437083244