Global Citizens: Social Movements and the Challenge of Globalization

by Marjorie Mayo

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The dawn of the twenty-first century has been accompanied by an upsurge of anti-capitalist campaigning, challenging the very basis of the New World economic order. This book sets out to explore the lessons from these experiences of social mobilization. How can non-governmental organizations, community based organizations, and the labour and trade union movement develop effective campaigning alliances - without becoming institutionalized and incorporated themselves? How can they balance immediate gains and longer term strategies for transformation? How can they gain media attention without losing control of the message? And how can social movements develop organizational forms that are genuinely representative and democratically accountable, globally?These questions are explored through case studies including DAWN (Development Alternatives for Women in a New Era), "Education for All," and Jubilee 2000's campaigning against world debt. The book concludes by exploring lessons for building global challenges to neo-liberal agendas and developing more transformatory approaches.
  • ISBN10 1551302942
  • ISBN13 9781551302942
  • Publish Date 1 April 2005 (first published 25 February 2005)
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Publish Country CA
  • Imprint Canadian Scholars
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 224
  • Language English