The Politics of Resistance in a Global Era: The Theory and Practice of Social Movements

by Bice Maiguashca

Social movements are rarely the analytical or theoretical focus of studies in international relations. They are often used just as starting points to elaborate more central concepts, or are displaced by NGOs and organizational networks as the preferred units of analysis. Exploring international social movements, both empirically and theoretically, this book argues that some social movements must be understood as significant forms of political agency on the world stage. The author suggests that a number of contemporary social movements represent an important form of politics that has been ignored in the discipline, and offer us a helpful starting point for reconceptualizing world politics more generally. The Politics of Resistance in a Global Era :

240 pages, Hardcover

First published March 8, 2010