{"product_id":"global-activism","title":"Global Activism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive study traces the transnationalization of activist networks, analyzing their changing compositions and characters and examining the roles played by the World Social Forum in this process. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComparing four of the largest global networks targeting the ''neoliberal triumvirate'' of the World Bank, the IMF and the World Trade Organization:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe Jubilee anti-debt campaigners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVia Campesina peasant farmers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOur World Is Not For Sale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand the anarchistic Peoples’ Global Action.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a scholar-activist, the book highlights that despite their diversity, these collective actors follow a similar globalizing path and that networks in which solidarity is based on a shared identity perceived as threatened by neoliberal change are gaining strength. Social forums are depicted as a fertile ground to strengthen networks and a common ground for cooperative action among them, but also a battleground over the future of the forum process, the global anti-neoliberal struggle, and ''other possible worlds'' in the making.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlobal Activism\u003c\/em\u003e will appeal to students and scholars interested in globalization, international relations, IPE and social movements.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57310393729406,"sku":"NW9780415455510","price":40.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780415455510.jpg?v=1778582393","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/global-activism","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}