03436nam 2200661Ia 450 991045722490332120200520144314.01-84813-626-91-282-47309-397866124730981-84813-390-1(CKB)2550000000006882(EBL)482401(OCoLC)610041687(SSID)ssj0000357862(PQKBManifestationID)11252029(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357862(PQKBWorkID)10359487(PQKB)11520528(MiAaPQ)EBC482401(Au-PeEL)EBL482401(CaPaEBR)ebr10365006(CaONFJC)MIL247309(EXLCZ)99255000000000688220091005d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCitizenship and social movements[electronic resource] perspectives from the global south /Lisa Thompson and Chris Tapscott, editorsLondon Zed Books20101 online resource (305 p.)Claiming citizenshipDescription based upon print version of record.1-84813-389-8 1-84813-388-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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 discourses5 - 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 movements in India11 - Social mobilization in Cape Town: a tale of two communitiesAbout the contributors; IndexDebates 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.Claiming citizenship.Social movementsCase studiesCitizenshipCase studiesElectronic books.Social movementsCitizenship303.484Thompson Lisa290920Tapscott Chris994879MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457224903321Citizenship and social movements2278996UNINA