Social Movements in Development: The Challenge of Globalization and Democratization

by Staffan Lindberg (Editor), Arni Sverrisson (Editor)

Overview

Nationalist movements in the South have been superseded by a plethora of different social movements. This book examines these new movements and considers emerging paradigms of organization and mobilization, which are related to the role movements play in economic and political development. The book analyzes a number of cases and their context and discusses the implications for social movement theory. The focus is on social movements among underprivileged and middle class groups, and the book is global in scope.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349254507
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/1997
Series:	International Political Economy Series
Edition description:	1st ed. 1997
Pages:	283
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

List of Tables - List of Figures - List of Abbreviations - Preface - Notes on Contributors - Introduction; S.Lindberg & A.Sverrisson - PART 1: CHALLENGES AND VISIONS - Economic Globalization, Institutional Change and Human Security; D.Ghai - Social Movements in the Third World; T.K.Oommen - Social Movements and Democratization; M.A.Garreton - Civil Society, Politics and Democracy in Developmentalist States; P.Gibbon - PART 2: ECONOMY, SOCIETY AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT - Farmers' Movements and Agricultural Development in India; S.Lindberg - Peasants and Structural Adjustment in Latin America; A.Schejtman - Institutions, Interest Groups and Economic Policies in Southern Africa; T.Skalnes - Structural Adjustment and Democratization in Zimbabwe; L.M.Sachikonye - PART 3: STATE, CIVIL SOCIETY AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS - Seeds of Democracy: The Chinese Students' Movement in 1989; C.Dong - Constructing Civil Society: Election Watch Movements in the Philippines; E-L.E.Hedman - Conservation for Whom? Van Gujjars and the Rajaji National Park; P.Gooch - Between People and the State: NGOs as Troubleshooters and Innovators; S.T.Madsen - Index