How to study transnational social movements

Sep 27th, 2011 | By

How to study transnational social movements A networking workshop for social movement researchers 28‐29 September 2011 Campus Haga, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Gothenburg Centre of Globalization and Development (GCGD) and CSM (download the program in .pdf) Wednesday, 28 September 2011 Room “Husaren” (Campus Haga) and “House of Win‐Win” (Tredje Långgatan 13B) 12:00 Registration 13:00 Welcome
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New Directions for Social Movement Studies?

Sep 19th, 2011 | By

“NEW DIRECTIONS FOR SOCIAL MOVEMENT STUDIES?” NUI Maynooth, Aberdeen – Scotland 26th November 2011 deadline 1st October 2011 conference themes and details at http://sociology.nuim.ie or from theresa.okeefe@nuim.ie Centre for Politics, Power and Society, Dept. of Sociology, NUIM & “Critical Political Thought, Activism and Alternative Futures” research cluster   THEMES We invite papers addressing one or
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East Asian Social Movements: Power, Protest and Change in a Dynamic Region

Sep 19th, 2011 | By

East Asian Social Movements: Power, Protest and Change in a Dynamic Region Jeffrey Broadbent, Vicky Brockman  (eds.) ISBN 9780387096254 Hardback €124.75 Springer 2011 In the study of civil society and social movements,  most cases are based in Western Europe and North America.  These two areas of the world have similar histories and political ideals and structures in
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