Social Movements: An Anthropological Reader (Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405101083 ISBN 13: 9781405101080

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004

Synopsis

Social Movements: An Anthropological Reader expands on standard studies of social movements by offering a collection of writings that is exclusively anthropological in nature and global in its focus-thereby serving as an invaluable tool for instructors and students alike.

• Based on fieldwork carried out on four continents - North America, South America, Africa, and Asia - and in 14 countries
• Includes articles that address problems ranging from global health and the spread of diseases; loss of control over basic resources such as water and fuel; militarization; to the repression of indigenous peoples and of women
• Offers solutions formulated by local peoples

About this title

About the Author

June Nash is Distinguished Professor Emerita at the City University of New York. She is the author or editor of over 20 books, including Mayan Visions: The Quest for Autonomy in an Age of Globalization (2001) and Women and Change in Latin America (co-edited with Helen Safa, 1986).

From the Back Cover

Globalization has spurred people to mobilize to protect their lands, cultural identities, and autonomy. Simultaneous communications advances have increased awareness of human rights violations and inequities in the global distribution of resources. Social Movements: An Anthropological Reader expands on standard studies of social movements by offering a collection of writings that is exclusively anthropological in nature and global in its focus – thereby serving as an invaluable tool for instructors and students alike.

The chapters are based on fieldwork carried out on four continents – North America, South America, Africa, and Asia – and in fourteen countries. These chapters address: problems of global health and the spread of diseases; loss of control over basic resources such as water and fuel; militarization; and repression of indigenous peoples and of women. The authors offer solutions that have been formulated by local peoples themselves; these innovative responses provide a context for reform from below rather than directed by preconceived notions from above.

The chapters are based on fieldwork carried out on four continents – North America, South America, Africa, and Asia – and in fourteen countries. These chapters address: problems of global health and the spread of diseases; loss of control over basic resources such as water and fuel; militarization; and repression of indigenous peoples and of women. The authors offer solutions that have been formulated by local peoples themselves; these innovative responses provide a context for reform from below rather than directed by preconceived notions from above.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405101083
• ISBN 13: 9781405101080
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360
• Editor: Nash June