Global Citizens: Social Movements & the Challenge of Globalizati
The early years of the twenty-first century have seen an upsurge of anti-capitalist campaigning, challenging the very basis of the New World Economic Order. Dramatic protests in Seattle or Genoa captured media headlines. But the headlines leave key questions unanswered, about he ultimate significance of the challenges posed by global social movements and the development of civil society, both South an d Nouth. Global Citizens sets out to explore the lessons from these experiences of social mobilization. How can non-governmental oganizations, community-based organizations and the labour and trade union movement develop effective campaigning alliances without becoming institutionalized and incorporated themselves? How can the maintain an effective balance between winning immediate gains and longer-term strategies for transformation? How can they work with celebrities to gain media attention without losing control of the message? And how can social movements develop organizational froms that are genuinely representative and democratically accountable, globally? These question are explored through case studies of particular networks, movements and campaigns, to tackle the cause of social inequality and social injustice. The book concludes by exploring lessons for building global challeges to neo-liberal agendas and developing more transformatory approaches.
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