Overview

Urban social movements have traditionally been seen as being preoccupied with local issues, and as a result have been marginalised in the wider study of social movements. However, the increasing globalisation of cities, the international flows of people, money and policy, have meant that the local issues urban movements engage with are becoming less parochial and more global. This collection deals with the transformation of urban movements in these new social, economic and political environments. The book is divided into three sections. The first focuses on the new repertoire of collective action in different urban settings. In the second section, the emphasis is on the economic impact of globalisation on social life and how urban movements have been trying to cope with these changes. The third section assesses the opportunities offered to movements by the economic and social transformations of globalisation. Kim Viborg Andersen; Joan A. Ballantine; Peter Benjamin; Shbhash Bhatnagar; Douglas M.Brown; Piers Cain; Nigel Cunningham; Anne Davies; Richard Heeks; Nancy J. Johnson; Chipo Kanjo; Andrew Korac-Kakab

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Author:   Pierre Hamel ,  Henri Lustiger-Thaler ,  Margit Mayer
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780415244251

ISBN 10:   0415244250
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   07 December 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: urban social movements—local thematics, global Spaces PART I Urban social movements: global impacts and the new urban Citizenship 1 New social movements, poor people’s movements and the struggle for social citizenship 2 The miniaturisation of collective action: ghettos and global space 3 Marginalisation and political responses in the French context PART II The urban economy in global context 4 Globalisation, entrepreneurial cities and the social economy 5 Local finance in a global economy: palliative or panacea? 6 Workfare and community economic development in Montreal: community and work in the late twentieth century PART III Urban social movements and the global future 7 Urban social movements in an era of globalization 8 The fragmentation of social movements and social justice: beyond the traditional forms of localism 9 Local citizens’ initiatives during the (East) German Transformation 10 The diversity of Eastern European social movements: urban movements, new social movements and nationalist movements in post-socialist societies

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'Contributes to issues and debates that are central to social movement theory' - Greg Martin, Social Movement Studies

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Pierre Hamel is Professor of Urban Planning and Sociology at Université de Montréal; Henri Lustiger-Thaler is Chair of the Sociology Department of Ramapo College, New Jersey; and Margit Mayer is Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Sciences and The Institute of American Studies at the Free University of Berlin.

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