Struggles for an alternative globalization [[electronic resource] ] : an ethnography of counterpower in southern France / / Gwyn Williams

• Autore: Williams Gwyn <1968->
• Pubblicazione: Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (194 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48; 303.48/209447
• Soggetto topico: Anti-globalization movement - France - Causse du Larzac; Social movements - France - Causse du Larzac; Nonviolence - France - Causse du Larzac; Anti-globalization movement - France - Millau; Social movements - France - Millau; Nonviolence - France - Millau; Anti-globalization movement
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-172) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: The Voice of the Street; 2 The Larzac and Millau; 3 Organizing the Movement; 4 Being and Becoming an Activist; 5 Power and Domination; 6 Resistance; 7 Moral Foundations; 8 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Through an anthropological study of a highly influential movement of French 'alterglobalization' activists, this book offers an ethnographic window onto the global movement against corporate capitalism and the neoliberal policies of the WTO. The volume makes an important contribution to theoretical debates on globalization, domination and resistance.
• Titolo autorizzato: Struggles for an alternative globalization
• ISBN: 1-281-24129-6; 9786611241292; 0-7546-9068-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451155903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II