Reviews
This work is most significant as an application of the world-systems perspective to a broad, historical analysis of global social change and popular mobilization. A timely and important book by noteworthy authors.
A timely and engaging discussion that introduces very interesting examples of social movements while also making an original, plausible, and empirically well-supported case for how transnational social movement strategies may well contribute to global change in ways that stem the threats posed by globalization. This innovative book addresses the shortcomings of other literatures on transnational social movements.
This highly original book makes a substantial contribution to the field. The authors succeed in synthesizing two very large and prominent bodies of social science research, demonstrating how the periodic rise and fall of social movements follow political-economic developments in world empires and systems. The scholarship is more than sound; it is masterful. The clarity of the writing, along with the treatment of contemporary examples, will make this a widely required text. I recommend it in the strongest possible terms.
Book Details
List of Tables and Figures
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Social Movements and Collective Behavior in History and Prehistory
Chapter 2. Resistance to Neoliberalism in the Global North and South
List of Tables and Figures
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Social Movements and Collective Behavior in History and Prehistory
Chapter 2. Resistance to Neoliberalism in the Global North and South: National and Local Dynamics
Chapter 3. Transnational Movements: Climate Justice
Chapter 4. The New Global Left and the World Revolution of 20xx: Movements, Culture, Fronts, and Organization
Chapter 5. Evolution of the Global Right in the Geoculture
Chapter 6. The Future of Global Change and Social Movements
Notes
References
Index