The world and US social forums : a better world is possible and necessary /

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The WSF/USSF is an expression of the people's struggles to advance alternatives to the world-as-we-know-it. It provides a large space for groups to mobilize, voice their oppression, exchange ideas, and express their desire for hope and another world. This book captures a range of topics dealing...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Blau, Judith R., 1942-, Karides, Marina
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Subjects:
Weltsozialforum > Weltsozialforum.
World Social Forum.
World Social Forum
Weltsozialforum
Social movements > International cooperation.
Anti-globalization movement > International cooperation.
International economic relations.
Democracy.
Globalization > Social aspects.
Mouvements sociaux > Coopération internationale.
Altermondialisme > Coopération internationale.
Mondialisation > Aspect social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Democracy
Globalization > Social aspects
International economic relations
Social movements > International cooperation
Antiglobalisierungsbewegung
Internationale Kooperation
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Why Write about the World Social Forum (Immanuel Wallerstein); Introduction (Marina Karides and Judith Blau); PART I SOCIAL FORUM PROCESS: THE USSF AND ITS RELATION TO THE WSF; 1. In Defense of World Social Forum VII (Marina Karides and Thomas Ponniah); 2. The US Social Forum: Building from the Bottom Up (Michael Leon Guerrero); 3. New Politics Emerging at the US Social Forum (Jackie Smith, Rachel V. Kutz-Flamenbaum, Christopher Hausmann).

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