Social movements for global democracy /

Smith, Jackie, 1968-

Social movements for global democracy / Jackie Smith. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. - xiii, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Themes in global social change .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-279) and index.

Contested globalizations -- Rival transnational networks -- Politics in a global system -- Globalizing capitalism : the transnational neoliberal network in action -- Promoting multilateralism : social movements and the UN system -- Mobilizing a transnational network for democratic globalization -- Agenda setting in a global polity -- Domesticating international human rights norms -- Confronting contradictions between multilateral economic institutions and the UN system -- Alternative political spaces : the world social forum process and "globalization from below" -- Conclusion: Network politics and global democracy.

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Social movements.
Globalization.
Sociale bewegingen.
Internationalisatie.
Democratie.

HN 17.5 / S651s 2008