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Global Backlash: Citizen Initiatives for a Just World Economy
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| Write Date | Thursday, October 10, 2024 |
| Author | Edited by Robin Broad |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
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| Summary | Global Backlash is the first book to move beyond the monolithic portrayal of the globalization protests that have escalated since Seattle and are not likely to abate soon. |
| Text | With trenchant analysis and dozens of primary documents from a variety of popular and uncommon sources, Robin Broad explores proposals and initiatives coming from the backlash to answer the question, "But what do they want?" A range of sophisticated propositions and a vibrant debate among segments of the backlash emerge. Highly readable and analytically powerful, this book is vital to understanding the most potent protest movement of our times.
Reviews of Global Backlash
"For those who hold that the WTO protestors are naive anarchists and that globalization is 'inevitable and good'--or even for those who think the opposite--editor and academic Robin Broad gathers together a wide spectrum of views on economic globalization to complicate the debate in Global Backlash. Broad has compiled a volume destined for the knapsacks of college students across the country."˜ Publishers Weekly
"From Subcomandante Marcos to religious activists, from environmentalists intent on saving virgin forests to students organizing against sweatshops, Global Backlash gives richness and texture to our growing movement. A must-read for academics, activists, and anyone concerned about the future of our planet."˜Medea Benjamin, Founding Director of Global Exchange and Green Party activist
"Global Backlash is essential reading for every citizen of the globe. It lays out a full spectrum of views and--better yet--visions of a more democratic and egalitarian future for all of us who share the planet." Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
About the Author
Robin Broad is associate professor of international development at American University in Washington, D.C.
Ordering information and comprehensive lists of the volume's contributors, special features, and reviews can be accessed at the Rowman & Littlefield website: http://www.rowmanlittlefield.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db;=^DB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata;=0742510344 |
| Issue Areas | trade and trade-related issues
economic security, livelihood issues and labor
international finance
environment and ecosystems
agriculture and food security
community organizing and movement building
education and culture
global governance, institutions, institutional reform
human, social and cultural rights
peace and human security
media and communications
technology
corporate power/accountability
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