Global Movements

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-1-4051-1612-1
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Examines three of the most significant global social movements of the last decade: anti - globalization, new Islamic movements, and the Falun Gong in China.
Explores key dimensions of these movements, the tensions they confront, and the crises that created them.
Demonstrates how these global movements require a rethinking of the very idea of social movement.

The past decade has witnessed an extraordinary rise of new global movements that throw into question the way we think about culture, power, and action in a globalizing world. This book surveys the field and explores some of the most significant of these movements, including antiglobalization and the new Islamic movements.These movements require a rethinking of the very idea of social movement, a concept that owes a great deal to the civic and industrial culture that was so critical to Western modernity, but may be less adequate when exploring forms of culture, action, and communication in a globalized world. This book explores key dimensions of these movements, the tensions they confront, and the crises to which they are subject. It will provide an essential text for students on globalization and social movements.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McDonald, Kevin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse

Über Autor(innen)

Kevin McDonald is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of Struggles for Subjectivity: Identity, Action and Youth Experience (1999) and Pressing Questions: Explorations in Sociology (2nd ed., 2000).