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Rethinking Globalizations Ser.: Globalization and Contestation : The New Great Counter-Movement by Ronaldo Munck (2006, Perfect)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis Group
ISBN-100415376564
ISBN-139780415376563
eBay Product ID (ePID)57189567
Product Key Features
Number of Pages162 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameGlobalization and Contestation : the New Great Counter-Movement
Publication Year2006
SubjectPolitical Economy, Globalization, Social History, General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, History
AuthorRonaldo Munck
SeriesRethinking Globalizations Ser.
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight11.8 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2006-020731
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsMunck's lucid and meticulously researched text stacks up well against the very best books on globalization. The reader is directed straight to the major findings in this field. Along the way, trite ideas in academic and popular discourses are corrected. James H. Mittelman, School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC A valuable addition to the literature on global social movements. Ronnie Munck lucidly and convincingly sets out how a re-scaling of Polanyian arguments concerning the double movement in capitalist development can advance knowledge and political action in respect of contemporary globalisation. Jan Aart Scholte, Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick, UK
Dewey Decimal303.482
Table Of Content1. Globalization: A New Social, Political and Cultural Matrix 2. Contestation: Societal Reactions to the Free Market 3. Transnational Social Movements: From the First International to the World Social Forum 4. The Anti-Globalization Movement: From Seattle (1999) to the Future 5. Transnational Political Fora: Actors, Issues and Prospects 6. Local Transnationalisms: Workers, Peasants and Environmentalists 7. Reaction and Globalization: Nationalists, Patriots and Jihadists 8. The Great Counter-Movement: Empires, Multitude and Social Transformation
SynopsisGlobalization is undoubtedly the great overarching paradigm of our era. However, there is still little agreement on what globalization actually 'is' and some do not accept that it 'is' anything at all. This new book addresses the contestation of globalization by the anti- or counter-globalization movement. To contest means to challenge, to call into question, to doubt, to oppose and to litigate. This study shows how globalization is 'contestable' in many different ways and how the counter-movements we have seen emerging over the last decade also 'bear witness' on behalf of an alternative human future. Ronaldo Munck presents an overarching framework that allows us to understand how globalization and its contestation are inextricably bound up with one another. This volume insightfully explores a number of case studies, including: the battle of Seattle in 1999 the World Social Forum peasant internationalism environmental movements and reactionary movements including: the US Patriot's movement, Islamic fundamentalist movements and other nationalist movements. Globalization and Contestation will be of great interest to all students and scholars of international relations, politics and of globalization and global governance in particular., This study shows how globalization is 'contestable' in many different ways and how the counter-movements we have seen emerging over the last decade also 'bear witness' on behalf of an alternative human future.
LC Classification NumberHM881
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