ISBN:
041534414X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (ix, 195 p)
,
1 ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
International library of sociology
Parallel Title:
Print version Complexity and Social Movements : Multitudes at the Edge of Chaos
DDC:
303.484
Keywords:
Political participation
;
Anti-globalization movement Philosophy
;
Complex organizations
Abstract:
Making use of complexity theory concepts from the natural and social sciences, this informative book provides a framework for understanding mobilization, identity formation and information flows in global social movements
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Introducing global movements; 2. Prefiguration and emergence; 3. Reflexive framing: Identities, protest dynamics and technology; 4. From carnival against capitalism to death at high noon: States fight back; 5. Ecologies of action within global civil society; 6. Shadow realm: Beyond resistance to global nexus; 7. The death of collective identity?: Global movement as a parallelogram of forces; 8. The map is not the territory; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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