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Citizenship and Social Movements: Perspectives from the Global South
Lisa Ed.
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Description for Citizenship and Social Movements: Perspectives from the Global South
Paperback. Debates over social movements have suffered from a predominate focus on Anglo-America and Europe, often neglecting the significance of collective actions of citizens in the Global South. This book seeks to partially redress this imbalance with case study material from movements for change in Brazil, India, Bangladesh, Mexico, Kenya and Nigeria. Editor(s): Thompson, Lisa; Tapscott, Chris. Series: Claiming Citizenship. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Debates over social movements have suffered from a predominate focus on North America and western Europe, often neglecting the significance of collective action in the global South. Citizenship and Social Movements seeks to partially redress this imbalance with case studies from Brazil, India, Bangladesh, Mexico, South Africa and Nigeria. This volume points to the complex relationships that influence mobilization and social movements in the South, suggesting that previous theories have underplayed the influence of state power and elite dominance in the government and in NGOs. As the contributors to this book clearly show, understanding the role of the ... Read more
Debates over social movements have suffered from a predominate focus on North America and western Europe, often neglecting the significance of collective action in the global South. Citizenship and Social Movements seeks to partially redress this imbalance with case studies from Brazil, India, Bangladesh, Mexico, South Africa and Nigeria. This volume points to the complex relationships that influence mobilization and social movements in the South, suggesting that previous theories have underplayed the influence of state power and elite dominance in the government and in NGOs. As the contributors to this book clearly show, understanding the role of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Claiming Citizenship
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848133891
SKU
V9781848133891
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About Lisa Ed.
Lisa Thompson is Director of the African Citizenship and Democracy (ACCEDE) and Professor at the School of Government, University of the Western Cape. Her work focuses on issues of socio-economic development in the context of the global political economy. She has published widely on research pertaining to regional development and democratisation processes in southern Africa. She serves as South African ... Read more
Reviews for Citizenship and Social Movements: Perspectives from the Global South
'This book offers a significant corrective to the Northern/western centric bias in much of the social movement literature and many of the case studies included offer evidence and insights through which the theoretical understandings of social movements could be refined and developed. Furthermore, through its specific focus on social movements, this volume makes an important contribution to the range of ... Read more