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Author:   Henri Onodera (University of Helsinki, Finland) ,  Martta Kaskinen (University of Helsinki, Finland) ,  Eija Ranta (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032458335

ISBN 10:   103245833
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   22 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

1. Citizenship utopias in the Global South: Emerging activisms, re-imagining citizenships PART I: Activism in times of disillusionment 2. Activist contestations in contemporary socio-political change making in Kenya 3. Disavowing politics: An alternative way of doing politics for young Algerians 4. Communication in coronavirus crisis: A case study of communication practices of activists in Johannesburg in the COVID-19 pandemic 5. The Chilean awakening in a global decade of social movements PART II: Decolonising the state 6. Everyday citizenship and decolonising utopias in Cotacachi county, Ecuador 7. Black feminist and anti-racist activism: Past and present of struggles for racial justice in Cuba 8. Higher education under neoliberalism: A perspective from South African student activists 9. Fighting for racial equality: Hope, disillusionment, and perseverance in post-revolutionary Tunisia PART III: Re-imagining citizenships 10. Governing through corruption: Young men, the state, and citizenship in interior Tunisia 11. Imaginaries of social change in Algeria: Nonviolent acts of citizenship of the autonomous trade union activists 12. “Carrot and stick”: Cooperative citizenship and the pedagogic state in Vietnam 13. Hindu nationalism or collaborative social justice? The role of queer communities in furthering democracy in India 14. Afterword: Citizenship Utopias in an Age of Polycrises?

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Citizenship Utopias in the Global South offers a timely and engaging work that combines critique with action. This compelling volume that models transnational scholarship, portrays how citizen activists from Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia imagine, reinvent, and challenge reactionary and unjust forms of power. Through “imaginative forms of creative activism” they strive to overcome the disillusionment of contemporary politics. Chapters on digital communications, new youth movements, anti-corruption campaigns, anti-racism, non-violent strategies, to name a few, convey how people join forces to forge alternative futures grounded in dignity and justice. A valuable addition to the work on new youth movements, political change, and alternative activism in the Global South. Linda Herrera, Professor of Education Policy, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA In the era of post-pandemic dystopias, this book offers a myriad of citizens’ utopias emerging from the Global South. It collects the voices of young feminists, ecologists, anti-racists, pacifists, queer individuals, students, and trade unionists from a dozen countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, who engage to build micro-utopian communities from below. Lessons for a period of old fears and new hopes. Carles Feixa, Professor of Social Anthropology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Author Information

Henri Onodera is a University Lecturer in Global Development Studies at the University of Helsinki. Martta Kaskinen is a PhD Researcher in Global Development Studies at the University of Helsinki. Eija Ranta is an Academy of Finland Research Fellow at the University of Helsinki.

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