Edges of global justice : the World Social Forum and its 'others' / / Janet M. Conway

• Autore: Conway Janet M. <1963-, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (219 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/4
• Soggetto topico: Anti-globalization movement; Social justice
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The World Social Forum at the beginning of the 21st century -- New politics on the global left: the contested praxis of open space -- The World Social Forum as global civil society -- The World Social Forum as new politics: autonomist theorizations of the political -- Contradictions of alter-globalization: feminists theorize the political at the WSF -- At the edges of global justice: the global left and subaltern subjectivities.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book analyzes the World Social Forum (WSF) in a context of crisis and transition in the history of Western capitalist modernity. Based on ten years of fieldwork on three continents, this book treats social movements as knowledge producers. It pays attention to what movements are doing and saying on the terrain of the WSF over time and from place to place, and to how they theorize its significance.Framed by the Latin American modernity-coloniality perspective, the book critically engages with discourses of global civil society, autonomism, and transnational feminism toward
• Titolo autorizzato: Edges of global justice
• ISBN: 1-136-30009-0; 1-283-64308-1; 0-203-11667-4; 1-136-30010-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785993503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Rethinking Globalizations