Global movements : action and culture /
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| Author / Creator: | McDonald, Kevin, 1955- |
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| Imprint: | Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2006. |
| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8772663 |
| Summary: | Over the past decade we have witnessed the extraordinary rise of new global movements that throw into question the way we think about culture, power and action in a globalizing world.<br> <br> Examines three of the most significant global social movements of the last decade: anti-globalization, new Islamic movements, and the Falun Gong in China.<br> Explores key dimensions of these movements, the tensions they confront, and the crises that created them.<br> Demonstrates how these global movements require a rethinking of the very idea of social movements |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-245) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1405153180 9781405153188 |