Egalitarian Politics in the Age of Globalization

CRIAG N. MURPHY is Professor and Chair of Political Science at Wellesley College and Research Professor at Brown University's Watson Institute of International Studies. He is a founding editor of the international public policy journal, Global Governance, which received the 1996 award of the America Association of Publishers for the best new scholarly journal in business, the humanities, and the social sciences, and was the President of the International Studies Association in 2000-01.

• Notes on the Contributors Introduction Globalization and the Double-Movement Hypothesis; C.N.Murphy Class, Gender, and the Politics of Neoliberal Globalization in the United States; M.A.Rupert Egalitarian Social Movements in Western Europe: Can They Survive Globalization and the EMU?; J.Krieger Latin America in an Age of Inequality: Confronting the New 'Utopia'; W.I.Robinson Engendering Change through Egalitarian Movements: The African Experience; F.C.Steady Egalitarian Responses in Postcommunist Societies: Russia and the Former Soviet Bloc; J.Dawson Nonsocial Movements and Social Nonmovements in China since 1978; M.Blecher Capital, Crisis, and Chaos: Indonesia and Malaysia in a Globalizing Era; C.B.N.Chin & S.C.Tiwon Migrant Workers' Movements in Japan and South Korea; K.H.S.Moon Conclusion: Pinpointing the Significance of Women's Empowerment, Recognizing Political Opportunities, Anticipating Transnational Coalitions; C.N.Murphy References Index