Nash

Social Movements

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Globalization has spurred people to mobilize to protect their lands, cultural identities, and autonomy. Simultaneous communications advances have increased awareness of human rights violations and inequities in the global distribution of resources. Social Movements: An Anthropological Reader expands on standard studies of social movements by offering a collection of writings that is exclusively anthropological in nature and global in its focus - thereby serving as an invaluable tool for instructors and students alike. The chapters are based on fieldwork carried out on four continents - North America, South America, Africa, and Asia - and in fourteen countries. These chapters address: problems of global health and the spread of diseases; loss of control over basic resources such as water and fuel; militarization; and repression of indigenous peoples and of women. The authors offer solutions that have been formulated by local peoples themselves; these innovative responses provide a context for reform from below rather than directed by preconceived notions from above.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 802g
• ISBN-13: 9781405101080
• ISBN-10: 1405101083
• Artikelnr.: 21133338

Autorenporträt

Janet Nash is a native of western New York but fell in love with the big sky and sunshine of Texas and has called the Lone Star State her home for almost three decades. She has enjoyed a career in public education both as a teacher and an educational diagnostician. Janet is passionate about volunteering within her community and making a positive impact in the lives of others. Some of her most cherished experiences include serving as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for foster children, online evangelism, and working with the homeless. Each opportunity has allowed her to be a part of something larger than herself while making a difference in the lives of those she works with. Janet has been involved with prison ministry since 2017 serving as a Bible study mentor, pen pal, prayer partner, and assisting with in-person ministries at women's correctional facilities.Janet and her husband have been married for twenty-six years and are proud parents of three adult children. In her free time, she enjoys taking trips into the mountains with her family to relax and marvel at the beauty of nature.Visit her website at firmfoundationliving.com

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.

Part I: Fragmentation and the Recomposition of CivilSociety.

Part II: Secularization and Fundamentalist Reactions.

Part III: Deterritorialization and the Politics of Place.

Part IV: Privatization, Individualization, and GlobalCosmopolitanism

Rezensionen

"Expands on standard studies of social movements by offering acollection of writings that is exclusively anthropological innature and global in its focus - thereby serving as an invaluabletool for instructors and students alike."
Anthropologie

"I would highly recommend the book for development scholars."Development and Change

"Between global processes and local contexts, a greatvariety of social movements are at work. This careful andtheoretically illuminating selection of case studies shows JuneNash's masterful grasp of a quickly growing field inanthropology." Ulf Hannerz, Stockholm University

"An exciting volume! The contributors write fromfirst-hand ethnographic knowledge of struggles in theanti-globalization movement, including the indigenous, peasants,women, industrial and urban workers, and even Islamic movements asthey work to achieve a more equitable, democratic society."Helen Safa, University of Florida

"With characteristic excellence and originality, June Nashtraces a particular history in the making: how localized strugglesworldwide are emerging globally in response to the devastations ofeconomic corporate globalization." Saskia Sassen, authorof Globalization and its Discontents