New Global Politics

Harry E. Vanden is Professor of Political Science and Latin American Studies at the University of South Florida, USA.Peter N. Funke is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of South Florida, USA. Gary Prevost is Professor of Political Science at St. John’s University and the College of Saint Benedict, Minnesota, USA.

• 1.Introduction I. Latin America: Introduction 2. Constructing Autonomy: Comparing Zapatista Strategies of Indigenous Resistance in MexicoRichard Stahler-Sholk 3. Social Movement Governance in Bolivia: Contention in a multi-ethnic DemocracyWaltraud Q. Morales and Annabelle Conroy 4. Cycles of Protest and Social Movements in BrazilHarry E. Vanden 5. Resource Extraction, Sumak Kawsay and Social Movement Resistance in Ecuador under Rafael CorreaMarc Becker II. Africa and the Middle East: Introduction 6. Transition of Governance in Egypt in the Post Arab SpringJamil Jreisat 7. The Role of Social Movements inTunesia’s Jasmine Revolution Hiba Heichsche 8. Iranian Women and Their Strategic Role during the Green Movement, Raheleh Dayerizadeh 9. Sisterhood in the Age of Imperialism: Consequences of Transnational Activism for Women’s Movements in Post-colonial Muslim SocietiesFae Chubin 10. Revolution or Retaliation: Contested Meaning in the Syrian Uprising, Abla Khalil 11. South African Social Movements: Between Confrontation and CooptationGary Prevost III. North America & Europe: Introduction 12. The Global Justice Movement and its Subterranean Afterlife in Europe: From the Zapatistas to Occupy and Austerity ProtestsPeter N. Funke 13. Occupy: Prehistories and ContinuitiesSamantha L. Bowden 14. The Promise and Pitfalls of Horizontalism in the Occupy MovementKara Zugman Dellacioppa IV. Asia: Introduction 15. Social Movements in IndiaArun Abraham 16. Demanding State Intervention: New opportunities for popular protest in ChinaShih-Diing Liu

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