Critical theories, international relations and 'the anti-globalisation movement' : the politics of global resistance / / edited by Catherine Eschle and Bice Maiguashca

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910973508703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005
• ISBN: 0-203-42801-3; 1-134-28844-1; 1-280-14331-2; 1-134-28843-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (283 p.)
• Collana: RIPE series in global political economy
• Classificazione: 89.62; 89.70
• Altri autori (Persone): EschleCatherine; MaiguashcaBice <1965->
• Disciplina: 337.1
• Soggetti: Anti-globalization movement; International relations; Political participation; Political violence
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-256) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Constructing 'the anti-globalisation movement' / Catherine Eschle -- In the belly of the beast : resisting globalisation and war in a neo-imperial moment / Mark Rupert -- Globalisations, violences and resistances in Mozambique : the struggles continue / Branwen Gruffydd Jones -- Anti-globalisation discourses in Asia / Ralph Pettman -- Lessons from the indigenous : Zapatista poetics and a cultural humanism for the twenty-first century / Nick Higgins -- Contesting the free trade area of the Americas : invoking a Bolivarian geopolitical imagination to construct an alternative regional project and identity / Marianne H. Marchand -- Globalisation and the 'politics of identity' : IR theory through the looking glass of women's reproductive rights activism / Bice Maiguashca -- Resistance and compromiso at the global frontlines : gender wars at the US-Mexico border / Irasema Coronado and Kathleen Staudt -- Organic intellectuals and counter-hegemonic ; politics in the age of globalisation : the case of ATTAC / Vicki Birchfield and Annette Freyberg-Inan -- 'We are heartbroken and furious!' : violence and the (anti- )globalisation movement(s) / Sian Sullivan -- Seattle and the struggle for a global democratic ethos / Roland Bleiker -- Conclusion / Catherine Eschle and Bice Maiguashca.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a comprehensive and nuanced analysis of the 'anti-globalisation' struggles taking place around the world. It shows the complexity and diversity of these movements and illustrates this with detailed empirical studies of local, national and transnational resistance in the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa. The authors introduce a variety of competing theoretical perspectives from international political economy, social movement theory, globalisation studies, feminism, and postmodernism, explaining how activism has influenced theory and how theory can help activists to