Civil Societies and Social Movements

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Contents: Series preface Introduction. Part I States, Social Forces, and the New Transnationalism: Social movements and national politics, Charles Tilly Dynamics of conflict and system change: the great transformation revisited, Sandra Halperin Transnationalism and the new tribe, James A. Field Jr World culture in the world polity: a century of non-governmental organization, John Boli and George M. Thomas Transnational activity, international society and world politics, M.J. Peterson. Part II Social Movements: The concept of the social movement, Mario Diani Transnational politics: contention and institutions in international politics, Sidney Tarrow Taking part: social movements, INGOs and global change, Catherine Escle and Neal Stammers. Part III Civil Society: Late modern civil society, Nicholas Onuf Restructuring world politics: the emergence of global civil society, Ronnie D. Lipschutz Global civil society? A new cosmology, John Keane. Part IV Cases: Latin American feminisms 'go global': trends of the 1990s and challenges of the new millennium, Sonia E. Alvarez Reversing the gun sights: transnational civil society targets and land mines, Richard Price Islamic mobilization: social movement theory and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Ziad Munson NGOs, 'bushmen' and double vision: the Khomani San Land Claim and the cultural politics of 'community' and 'development' in the Kalahari, Steven Robins Workers and world order: the tentative transformation of the international union movement, Robert O'Brien. Part V Critiques and Questions: The limits of global civil society, Neera Chandhoke Social movements for global capitalism: the transnational capitalist class in action, Leslie Sklair Elusive paradise: the promise and peril of global civil society, Mustapha Kamal Pasha and David L. Blaney Egalitarian social movements and new world orders, Craig N. Murphy Index.