Globalizations and Social Movements : Culture, Power, and the Transnational Public Sphere

Explores how globalization affects social movements in different countries | Globalization is a set of processes that are weakening national boundaries. Both transnational and local social movements develop to resist the processes of globalization—migration, economic interdependence, global media coverage of events and issues, and intergovernmental relations. Globalization not only spurs the creation of social movements, but affects the way many social movements are structured and work. The essays in this volume illuminate how globalization is caught up in social movement processes and question the boundaries of social movement theory. The book builds on the modern theory of social movements that focuses upon political process and opportunity, resource mobilization and mobilization structure, and the cultural framing of grievances, utopias, ideologies, and options. Some of the essays deal with the structure of international campaigns, while others are focused upon conflicts and movements in less developed countries that have strong international components. The fourteen essays are written by both well established senior scholars and younger scholars in anthropology, political science, sociology, and history. The essays cover a range of time periods and regions of the world. This book is relevant for anyone interested in the politics and social change processes related to globalization as well as social-movement theory. Mayer Zald is Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan. Michael Kennedy is Vice Provost for International Programs, Associate Professor of Sociology, and Director of the Center for Russian and East European Affairs, University of Michigan. John Guidry is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Augustana College. Contents 6 Preface and Acknowledgments 8 Chapter 1. Globalizations and Social Movements 10 PART I. MOVEMENTS IN GLOBALIZED SPACE 42 Chapter 2. Historical Precursors to Modern Transnational Social Movements and Networks 44 Chapter 3. State Terror, Constitutional Traditions, and National Human Rights Movements: A Cross-National Quantitative Comparison 63 Chapter 4. Distant Issue Movements in Germany: Empirical Description and Theoretical Reflections 85 PART II. GLOBALIZATIONS AND MOVEMENTS IN NATION-STATES 116 Chapter 5. The Irrelevance of Nationalism (the Relevance of Globalism)? Cultural Frames of Collective Protest in Postcommunist Poland, 1989 - 93 118 Chapter 6. Global and Local Framing of Maternal Identity: Obligation and the Mothers of Matagalpa, Nicaragua 136 Chapter 7. The Useful State? Social Movements and the Citizenship of Children in Brazil 156 PART III. MOVEMENTS, IDENTITIES, CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS 190 Chapter 8. Refugees, Resistance, and Identity 192 Chapter 9. Confronting Contradictions and Negotiating Identities: Taiwanese Doctors’ Anticolonialism in the 1920s 219 Chapter 10. Politics and Play: Sport, Social Movements, and Decolonization in Cuba and the British West Indies 249 Chapter 11. Social Memory as Collective Action: The Crimean Tatar National Movement 269 Chapter 12. The Russian Neo-Cossacks: Militant Provincials in the Geoculture of Clashing Civilizations 297 Chapter 13. Religious Nationalism in India and Global Fundamentalism 324 PART IV. REFLECTIONS 346 Chapter 14. Adjusting the Lens: What Do Globalizations, Transnationalism, and the Anti-apartheid Movement Mean for Social Movement Theory? 348 Bibliography 368 Contributors 396 Index 398 Globalization and social movements / John. A. Guidry, Michael D. Kennedy, and Mayer N. Zald Historical precursors to modern transnational social movements and networks / Margaret Keck and Kathryn Sikkink State terror, constitutional tradition, and national human rights movements: a cross-national quantitative comparison / Patrick Ball Distant issue movements in Germany: empirical description and theoretical reflections / Dierter Rucht The irrelevance of nationalism (the relevance of globalism)? Cultural frames of collective protest in postcommunist Poland, 1989-93 / Jan Kubik Global and local framing of maternal identity: obligation and the mothers of Matagalpa, Nicaragua / Lorraine Bayard de Volo The useful state? Social movements and the citizenship of children in Brazil / John A. Guidry Refugees, resistance, and identity / Julie Peteet Confronting contradictions and negotiating identities: Taiwanese doctor's anticolonialism in the 1920s / Min-cheng M. Lo Politics and play: sport, social movements, and decolonization in Cuba and the British West Indies / José Raul Perales Social memory as collective action: the Crimean Tatar National movement / Greta Uehling The Russian neo-cossacks: militant provincials in the geoculture of clashing civilization / Georgi M. Derluguian Religious nationalism in India and global fundamentalism / Peter van der Veer Adjusting the lens: what do globalization, transnationlalism, and the anti-apartheid movement mean for social movement theory? / Gay W. Seidman Edited By John A. Guidry, Michael D. Kennedy, And Mayer N. Zald. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 359-385) And Index.