ISBN:
9781848133907
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (305 pages)
Edition:
1st ed
Series Statement:
Claiming Citizenship
Parallel Title:
Print version Osaghae, Eghosa E Citizenship and Social Movements : Perspectives from the Global South
DDC:
303.484091724
Keywords:
Citizenship -- Case studies
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Electronic books. -- local
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Social movements -- Case studies
Abstract:
Debates over social movements have suffered from a predominate focus on Anglo-America and Europe, often neglecting the significance of collective actions of citizens in the Global South. This book seeks to partially redress this imbalance with case study material from movements for change in Brazil, India, Bangladesh, Mexico, Kenya and Nigeria
Abstract:
About the editors -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Foreword -- 1 | Introduction: mobilization and social movements in the South - the challenges of inclusive governance -- The structure of the book, key themes and issues -- Mobilization and social movements in the North and South: analytical debates and comparative understandings -- The transformative potential of social movements in the South -- Globalization, marginalization and social movements -- Who speaks for whom? Global social movements in the global political economy -- Social movements in the North and South: towards more synthetic understandings -- Notes -- References -- PART ONE | Socio-economic rights and social movements -- 2 | Social movements and rights claims: the case of action groups in the Niger Delta -- Setting the framework: rights and social movements -- The Niger Delta in perspective -- Rights struggles and the emergence of social movements -- The nature of social movements -- The rights framework and the future -- Notes -- References -- 3 | Why do garment workers in Bangladesh fail to mobilize? -- The institutional context and political opportunity structures -- Garment manufacturing and the labour contract -- Workers' associations: framing the collective struggle -- Workers' mobilizations and struggles: horizontal participation -- The 'cost' of protest -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 4 | Mobilization through litigation: claiming health rights on asbestos issues in South Africa -- Litigation and social movements -- Context and identity: Prieska and Griquatown -- Legal compensation and dissatisfaction -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART TWO | Social movements and global development discourses -- 5 | Water and rights: state management in South Africa and India -- The right to free basic water in South Africa: the ideal and the reality
Abstract:
Violations of rights in India's Narmada Valley: state policies and community responses -- The linkage between 'bestowed' rights and 'claimed' rights -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 6 | Environmental activism in Brazil: the rise of a social movement -- Formation of environmental groups (1970-85) -- The formation of the Brazilian environmental movement -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Newspapers and reports -- 7 | The struggle towards rights and communitarian citizenship: the Zapatista movement in Mexico -- Crisis and social movements in Chiapas -- Phases of the Zapatista movement -- Levels of action -- From the Zapatista movement to autonomous rebel government: characteristics, success and challenges -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART THREE | Mobilization, social movements and inclusive governance -- 8 | Participation, inclusion and development under conditions of social mobilization -- About social participation and development -- History, social mobilization and conflicts in the Vale do Ribeira -- The participatory forums -- Participation, dams and development -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 9 | Popular mobilization, party dominance and participatory governance in South Africa -- Theorizing state-society relations through invented and invited spaces -- Invented spaces: the changing patterns of popular mobilization in South Africa -- Invited spaces: 'participatory governance' and local government reform -- Popular mobilization and 'participatory governance' in Msunduzi and eThekwini -- Msunduzi 2001-06: the sleepy hollow -- eThekwini 2001-06: the neoliberal battleground -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 10 | Contesting development, reinventing democracy: grassroots social movements in India -- Development and dominance: birth of a people's movement -- The deepening democracy tasks the movements perform
Abstract:
Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 11 | Social mobilization in Cape Town: a tale of two communities -- The space economy of Cape Town -- The Green Point Common Association -- The Coalition for Langa Community Concerns -- Leadership -- Litigation as protest -- The use of the media -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- About the contributors -- Index
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