Protest and Social Movements in the Developing World

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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In this insightful book, the contributors focus on the impact of contextual factors on social movements in the developing world, pushing major existing theories beyond their traditional focus. With wide coverage of the developing world, leading academics explore a variety of forms and mechanisms of social movement. They present discussions on resource and institutional endowment for mobilization in Colombia and Thailand, and explore the structure behind political opportunities in Argentina, China and South Africa. The history and reality of identity-making in India, Mexico and Nigeria are also examined.Presenting novel analytical frameworks to study social movements in developing countries, this book will be warmly welcomed by academics and researchers with an interest in sociology, development and political science. It will also strongly appeal to social movement activists.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-05-29
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781848443624

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Contents:Preface1. Rethinking Theories on Social Movements and DevelopmentShinichi ShigetomiPART I: RESOURCE AND INSTITUTIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR MOBILIZATION2. Community-based Local Development and the Peace Initiative of the PDPMM in Colombia: Resource Mobilization under Extreme ConditionsNoriko Hataya3. Institutional Readiness and Resource Dependence of Social Movements: The Case of Provincial Development Forums in ThailandShinichi ShigetomiPART II: STRUCTURE BEHIND POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES4. Strategies for Fragmentary Opportunities and Limited Resources: The Environmental Protest Movement under Communist China in TransitionKenji Otsuka5. Institutional Conditions for Social Movements to Engage in Formal Politics: The Case of AIDS Activism in Post-Apartheid South AfricaKumiko Makino6. Rethinking Political Opportunity Structure in the Argentine Unemployed and Poor People’s MovementKoichi UsamiPART III: HISTORY AND REALITY FOR FRAME- AND IDENTITY-MAKING7. Dynamics of Ideal Values and Social Movement in a Corporatist State: Mexican Indigenous Peoples’ Movements and a Village’s Challenge Akio Yonemura8. Competition and Framing in the Women’s Movement in India Mayumi Murayama9. Opposition Movements and the Youth in Nigeria’s Oil-Producing Area: An Inquiry into FramingKatsuya MochizukiPART IV: CONCLUSION10. Resources, Organizations and Institutions: Intermediaries for Social Movements in Development ContextKumiko Makino and Shinichi ShigetomiIndex

'This is a useful book and an important contribution to the literature on social movements and civil society. . . It will be very helpful for those who understand social movement theory but need an orientation to developing societies. . . This book will also be useful to advanced graduate students in sociology, economics, and political science. The case studies could be excellent teaching tools. This would be a good text for a course on social movements. Protests and Social Movements in the Developing World will add new dimensions to your work on social movements. It is a book that every social movement scholar will want on their bookshelf.'