Alter-Globalization : Becoming Actors in a Global Age
Geoffrey. Pleyers
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Wiley, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (336 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - COVER; Contents; Foreword by Alain Touraine; Acknowledgements; Part 1: Alter-Globalization - Becoming Actors in the Global Age; Introduction; From the first uprisings to the global crisis; A global movement; 1: The Will to Become an Actor; An actor against neoliberal ideology; Social agency in the global age; Part 2: The Way of Subjectivity; 2: The Experience of Another World; Resisting through subjectivity; Spaces of experience; Diversions of experience; 3: From the Mountains of Chiapas to Urban Neighbourhoods; The Zapatistas; Barricade social and cultural centre; Alter-activist youth9. - A movement against neoliberal ideologyRationality at stake; Democracy at stake; A concept of social change; Conclusion; Part 4: Confluence of the Two Paths; 8: Tensions and Collaborations; Common problematics; Dichotomization: from tension to opposition; Absorption: tension erased by hegemony; Combination: tensions and complementarities; Conclusion; 9: The Main Debates; Think local and global, act local and global; The movement-internal organization; Rethinking social change; Conclusion; 10: Towards a Post-Washington Consensus Alter-Globalization; Reconfi gurations; Towards concrete outcomes. - Climate justiceConclusion; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - From the Zapatistas to alter-activists4: Expressive Movements and Anti-Power; A concept of social change; A social and subjective engagement; Illusions of anti-power and diversions of spaces of experience; Facing the political; Conclusion; Part 3: The Way of Reason; 5: Expertise for Another World; Resisting through reason; Spaces of expertise; The ambivalence of expertise; Conclusion; 6: Citizens, Experts and Intellectuals; Introduction; A citizen movement; Committed intellectuals; Theories of another world and practices of expertise; Conclusion; 7: Reason, Democracy and Counter-Power. - Contrary to the common view that globalization undermines social agency, 'alter-globalization activists', that is, those who contest globalization in its neo-liberal form, have developed new ways to become actors in the global age. They propose alternatives to Washington Consensus policies, implement horizontal and participatory organization models and promote a nascent global public space. Rather than being anti-globalization, these activists have built a truly global movement that has gathered citizens, committed intellectuals, indigenous, farmers, dalits and NGOs against neoliberal polici
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| ISBN | 9780745646763
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