Transnational Protest and Global Activism (People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations, and the P)

In this book, two titans of social movement scholarship bring together the best current research on the nexus between the local and the global in translating the global justice movement into action at the grass roots, and vice versa. Using recent cases of transnational contention\_from the European Social Forum in Florence to the Argentinean human rights movement and British environmentalists, from movement networks in Bristol and Glasgow to the Zapatistas\_the original chapters by distinguished scholars presented in this volume adapt current social movement theory to what appears to be a new cycle of protest developing around the globe. Front Cover ......Page 1 Title Page ......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Dedication ......Page 6 Contents......Page 7 Figures......Page 9 Tables......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 1. Transnational Processes and Social Activism: An Introduction DONATELLA DELLA PORTA AND SIDNEY TARROW ......Page 15 Part I TRANSNATIONALISM FROM THE INSIDE ......Page 32 2. A Limited Transnationalization? The British Environmental Movement CHRISTOPHER ROOTES......Page 33 3. Cities in the World: Local Civil Society and Global Issues in Britain MARIO DIANI ......Page 56 Part I IDIFFUSION AND SCALE SHIFT ......Page 79 4. The Sequencing of Transnational and National Social Movement Mobilization: The Organizational Mobilization of the Global and U.S. Environmental Movements ERIK JOHNSON AND JOHN D. McCARTHY ......Page 80 5. The Impact of Transnational Protest on Social Movement Organizations: Mass Media and the Making of ATTAC Germany FELIX KOLB......Page 103 6. Scale Shift in Transnational Contention SIDNEY TARROW AND DOUG McADAM ......Page 129 Part III INTERNATIONALIZATION ......Page 156 7. Patterns of Dynamic Multilevel Governance and the Insider-Outsider Coalition KATHRYN SIKKINK ......Page 157 8. Multiple Belongings, Tolerant Identities, and the Construction of "Another Politics": Between the European Social Forum and the Local Social Fora DONATELLA DELLA PORTA ......Page 180 9. Social Movements beyond Borders: Understanding Two Eras of Transnational Activism W. LANCE BENNETT ......Page 208 10. Conclusion: "Globalization," Complex Internationalism, and Transnational Contention SIDNEY TARROW AND DONATELLA DELLA PORTA ......Page 232 Appendix A Organizational Consolidation......Page 252 Appendix B Repertoires of Action......Page 253 References......Page 255 Index......Page 276 About the Contributors......Page 285 Transnational Processes And Social Activism: An Introduction / Donatella Della Porta And Sidney Tarrow -- A Limited Transnationalization? The British Environmental Movement / Christopher Rootes -- Cities In The World: Local Civil Society And Global Issues In Britain / Mario Diani -- The Sequencing Of Transnational And National Social Movement Mobilization: The Organizational Mobilization Of The Global And U.s. Environmental Movements / Erik Johnson And John D. Mccarthy -- The Impact Of Transnational Protest On Social Movement Organizations: Mass Media And The Making Of Attac Germany / Felix Kolb -- Scale Shift In Transnational Contention / Sidney Tarrow And Doug Mcadam -- Patterns Of Dynamic Multilevel Governance And The Insider-outsider Coalition / Kathryn Sikkink -- Multiple Belongings, Tolerant Identities, And The Construction Of Another Politics: Between The European Social Forum And The Local Social Fora / Donatella Della Porta -- Social Movements Beyond Borders: Understanding Two Eras Of Transnational Activism / Lance Bennett -- Conclusion: Globalization, Complex Internationalism, And Transnational Contention / Sidney Tarrow And Donatella Della Porta. Edited By Donatella Della Porta And Sidney Tarrow. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

In this book, two titans of social movement scholarship bring together the best current research on the nexus between the local and the global in translating the global justice movement into action at the grassroots, and vice versa. Using recent cases of transnational contention_from the European Social Forum in Florence to the Argentinean human rights movement and British environmentalists, from movement networks in Bristol and Glasgow to the Zapatistas_the original chapters by distinguished scholars presented in this volume adapt current social movement theory to what appears to be a new cycle of protest developing around the globe.

Sociologists and political scientists from Europe and the US explore how global issues are transforming local and national activism and the interactions between local, national, and supranational movement organizations. In addition to describing recent events, they adapt concepts and hypotheses developed in the social movement literature of the pas Here, two titans of social movement scholarship bring together the best current research on the nexus between the local and the global in translating the global justice movement into action at the grassroots, and vice versa.