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Social Movements

An Anthropological Reader (Blackwell Readers in Anthropology)

Paperback | 9781405101097

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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 expandsContinue

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.

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  • A State of Catastrophe

    Long ago Carey McWilliams, among the wisest commentators on California, said that “the time has not come to strike a balance for the California enterprise. There is still too much commotion—too much noise and movement and turmoil.” There is still ple ... (read full critics)

    nybooks published on Fri, 27 Aug 2010

  • Comparatively Speaking

    She, and comparisons are odious. —John Donne, Elegies Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? —Shakespeare, Sonnet 18 Unlike musicologists, psychologists, and many other scholars, historians usually concentrate on a specific period and place, and fee ... (read full critics)

    nybooks published on Tue, 24 Aug 2010

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Book Details

  • English Books
  • Paperback 360 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 1405101091
  • ISBN-13: 9781405101097
  • Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Professional
  • Pub date: Nov 01, 2004
  • Dimensions: 240 mm x 170 mm x 30 mm Just how big is that?
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