Transforming Globalization
Challenges and Opportunities in the Post 9/11 Era
Edited by Bruce Podobnik, Lewis and Clark College and Thomas Reifer, University of San Diego
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Biographical note
Bruce Podobnik, Ph.D. (2000) in Sociology, Johns Hopkins University, is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Lewis and Clark College. He is the author of Global Energy Shifts (2005).
Thomas Reifer, Ph.D. (2000) in Sociology, State University of New York at Binghamton, is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of San Diego.
Thomas Reifer, Ph.D. (2000) in Sociology, State University of New York at Binghamton, is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of San Diego.
Readership
All those interested in sociology, labor studies, environmental studies, international affairs, political science, history, and global studies will find this volume to be of interest
Table of contents
1. The Effort to Transform Globalization: Historical and Contemporary Struggles, Bruce Podobnik And Thomas
Reifer
2. From “Anti-Globalization” to the Global Justice Movement: Framing Collective Action Against Neoliberalism,
Jeffrey Ayres
3. Exploring Connections Between Global Integration and Political Mobilization, Jackie Smith
4. Resistance to Globalization: Cycles and Trends in the Globalization Protest Movement, Bruce Podobnik
5. Taking to the Streets Against Neoliberalism: Global Days of Action and Other Strategies, Lesley Wood
6. The Workers’ Party and the World Social Forum: Challenges of Building a Just Social Order, Gianpaolo
Baiocchi
7. Trajectories of Indigenous Resistance Before and After 9/11, Thomas Hall And James Fenelon
8. From Anti-Sweatshop, to Global Justice, to Anti-War: Student Participation in Globalization Protests,
Robert J.S. Ross
9. Blue-Green Coalitions: Constraints and Possibilities in the Post 9/11 Political Environment, Kenneth Gould, 10. Tammy Lewis, and J. Timmons Roberts
11. Global Social Movements at the Crossroads: An Investigation of Relations Between the Anti-Corporate
12. Globalization and Environmental Movements, Frederick Buttel and Kenneth Gould
13. Torture, Human Rights and the Challenges Facing the Global Peace and Justice Movement, Thomas
Reifer
Author Biographical Statements
Bibliography
Index
Reifer
2. From “Anti-Globalization” to the Global Justice Movement: Framing Collective Action Against Neoliberalism,
Jeffrey Ayres
3. Exploring Connections Between Global Integration and Political Mobilization, Jackie Smith
4. Resistance to Globalization: Cycles and Trends in the Globalization Protest Movement, Bruce Podobnik
5. Taking to the Streets Against Neoliberalism: Global Days of Action and Other Strategies, Lesley Wood
6. The Workers’ Party and the World Social Forum: Challenges of Building a Just Social Order, Gianpaolo
Baiocchi
7. Trajectories of Indigenous Resistance Before and After 9/11, Thomas Hall And James Fenelon
8. From Anti-Sweatshop, to Global Justice, to Anti-War: Student Participation in Globalization Protests,
Robert J.S. Ross
9. Blue-Green Coalitions: Constraints and Possibilities in the Post 9/11 Political Environment, Kenneth Gould, 10. Tammy Lewis, and J. Timmons Roberts
11. Global Social Movements at the Crossroads: An Investigation of Relations Between the Anti-Corporate
12. Globalization and Environmental Movements, Frederick Buttel and Kenneth Gould
13. Torture, Human Rights and the Challenges Facing the Global Peace and Justice Movement, Thomas
Reifer
Author Biographical Statements
Bibliography
Index
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