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Building Transnational Networks: Civil Society and the Politics of Trade in the Americas: Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics

Autor Marisa von Bülow
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 iun 2014
Building Transnational Networks tells the story of how a broad group of civil society organizations came together to contest free trade negotiations in the Americas. Based on research in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, the United States, and Canada, it offers a full hemispheric analysis of the creation of civil society networks as they engaged in the politics of trade. The author demonstrates that most effective transnational actors are the ones with strong domestic roots and that 'southern' organizations occupy key nodes in trade networks. The fragility of activist networks stems from changes in the domestic political context as well as from characteristics of the organizations, the networks, or the actions they undertake. These findings advance and suggest new understandings of transnational collective action.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780521165396
ISBN-10: 0521165393
Pagini: 280
Ilustrații: 18 b/w illus. 7 tables
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Part I. Civil Society Organizations and their Pathways to Transnationality: 1. Introduction; 2. Multiple pathways to transnationality; Part II. The Politicization of Trade: 3. The contentious nature of trade debates; 4. New regionalism in the Americas; Part III. The Dynamics of Networks: 5. Trade protest networks; 6. The origins and dynamics of trade challengers' networks; Part IV. Organizational Pathways to Transnationality: 7. The creation and demise of transnational coalitions; 8. Diffusion and differentiation of national coalitions; Part V. The Search for Ideational Pathways: 9. Alternatives for the Americas; 10. Transnational collective action in dynamic political contexts; 11. Conclusions: agency, networks, and collective action; Appendix A: lists of interviews; Appendix B: social network questionnaire (United States).

Recenzii

'Von Bülow has masterfully integrated network-analytic techniques with qualitative interviews to chart the historical coalescence and dissolution of transnational ties among social movement organizations contesting Free Trade negotiations in the Americas. Resisting the current tendency toward triumphalism about 'global civil society', she pays nuanced attention to ambiguities, asymmetries, tensions, and fragilities in an emerging transnational field. This innovative and compelling study contributes not only to our understanding of transnational coalition building, but also to a dynamic theory of social networks that is attentive to agency and meaning-making as a constitutive dimension of social ties.' Ann Mische, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey
'This is a breakthrough book in the study of transnational activism. Building Transnational Networks offers an imaginative, empirically rich, and accessible actor-centered account of the conditions under which heterogeneous, multi-sector civil society organizations form broad-based coalitions to challenge neoliberal globalization. Marisa von Bülow's interdisciplinary analysis of this critical issue for movement power dissolves the artificial boundary between the domestic and international scales and brings into sharp holistic focus what all too often has been a partial, fragmented picture of transnational activism. It is indispensable reading for anyone interested in transnational collective action.' Eduardo Silva, Lydian Professor of Political Science, Tulane University
'Building Transnational Networks makes a significant and original contribution to the rapidly growing literature on transnational activism and transnational contentious politics. Marisa von Bülow's work will be 'controversial' in the best sense and will establish new benchmarks for future research by students of transnational collective action in political science and sociology.' William C. Smith, University of Miami, and Editor, Latin American Politics and Society
'Marisa von Bülow has written the ideal successor to Keck and Sikkink's foundational Activists Beyond Borders. She starts from the idea of 'transnational networks' but lodges these networks in their national settings in four countries in the Americas engaged in trade politics, and she carries out a masterful comparison of how their domestic structures condition their effectiveness and their durability. Latin Americanists, comparativists, and students of transnational politics will all want to read this book.' Sidney Tarrow, Cornell University

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Shows how a broad group of civil society organizations came together to contest free trade negotiations in the Americas.