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UNINA9910457224903321 |
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Titolo |
Citizenship and social movements [[electronic resource] ] : perspectives from the global south / / Lisa Thompson and Chris Tapscott, editors |
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London, : Zed Books, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-84813-626-9 |
1-282-47309-3 |
9786612473098 |
1-84813-390-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ThompsonLisa |
TapscottChris |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social movements |
Citizenship |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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About the editors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and acronyms; Foreword; 1 - Introduction: mobilization and social movements in the South - the challenges of inclusive governance; PART ONE - Socio-economic rights and social movements; 2 - Social movements and rights claims: the case of action groups in the Niger Delta; 3 - Why do garment workers in Bangladesh fail to mobilize?; 4 - Mobilization through litigation: claiming health rights on asbestos issues in South Africa; PART TWO - Social movements and global development discourses |
5 - Water and rights: state management in South Africa and India6 - Environmental activism in Brazil: the rise of a social movement; 7 - The struggle towards rights and communitarian citizenship: the Zapatista movement in Mexico; PART THREE - Mobilization, social movements and inclusive governance; 8 - Participation, inclusion and development under conditions of social mobilization; 9 - Popular mobilization, party dominance and participatory governance in South Africa; 10 - Contesting development, reinventing democracy: grassroots social |
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movements in India |
11 - Social mobilization in Cape Town: a tale of two communitiesAbout the contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Debates over social movements have suffered from a predominate focus on North America and western Europe, often neglecting the significance of collective action in the global South. Citizenship and Social Movements seeks to partially redress this imbalance with case studies from Brazil, India, Bangladesh, Mexico, South Africa and Nigeria. |
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