Globalization and social movements : Islamism, feminism, and the global justice movement / Valentine M. Moghadam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moghadam, Valentine M., 1952- author.

Series:

Globalization (Lanham, Md.)

Globalization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social movements.

Transnationalism.

Globalization.

Anti-globalization movement.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 267 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Globalization

Globalization and Social Movements

Place of Publication:

Lanhan : Rowman and Littlefield, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

data file

Summary:

This clear and concise book examines social movements and transnational networks in the context of globalization in all its forms-economic, political, cultural, and technological alike. Deftly combining nuanced theory with rich empirical examples, leading scholar Valentine M. Moghadam focuses especially on three transnational social movements-Islamism, feminism, and global justice. Now updated to account for the European anti-austerity protests, the Arab Spring, and Occupy Wall Street, the book considers how the protests especially were affected by the role of young people an.

Contents:

Introduction and overview: social movements and contemporary politics

Globalization and collective action

Social movements and democratization

Islamist movements

Feminism on a world scale

The global justice movement

Conclusions and prognostication.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Moghadam, Valentine M., 1952- Globalization and social movements.

ISBN:

1442214201

9781442214200

OCLC:

809411153

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