Urban Movements in a Globalising World

Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-24425-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 481 g

This collection deals with the transformation of urban movements in these new social, economic and political environments.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hamel, Pierre

Lustiger-Thaler, Henri

Mayer, Margit

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Nichtregierungsorganisation (NGOs)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: urban social movements—local thematics, global Spaces PART I Urban social movements: global impacts and the new urban Citizenship 1 New social movements, poor people’s movements and the struggle for social citizenship 2 The miniaturisation of collective action: ghettos and global space 3 Marginalisation and political responses in the French context PART II The urban economy in global context 4 Globalisation, entrepreneurial cities and the social economy 5 Local finance in a global economy: palliative or panacea? 6 Workfare and community economic development in Montreal: community and work in the late twentieth century PART III Urban social movements and the global future 7 Urban social movements in an era of globalization 8 The fragmentation of social movements and social justice: beyond the traditional forms of localism 9 Local citizens’ initiatives during the (East) German Transformation 10 The diversity of Eastern European social movements: urban movements, new social movements and nationalist movements in post-socialist societies

Über Autor(innen)

Pierre Hamel is Professor of Urban Planning and Sociology at Université de Montréal; Henri Lustiger-Thaler is Chair of the Sociology Department of Ramapo College, New Jersey; and Margit Mayer is Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Sciences and The Institute of American Studies at the Free University of Berlin.