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Title: Lessons for Social Change in the Global Economy
Condition: New
Subtitle: Voices from the Field
ISBN-10: 1498525636
EAN: 9781498525633
ISBN: 9781498525633
Publisher: Lexington Books
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 15/11/2015
Description: Discussion questions developed by the authors can be found here.In the face of globalization’s massive social and economic transformations and the resulting persistent inequality, activists, labor organizers, and advocacy NGOs are seeking and creating change beyond the confines of formal state politics and across national borders. Given the breadth of local issues activists face, the ways they define the problem and seek redress vary widely. This book provides a unique perspective on these efforts, gathering into one volume concrete examples of the implementation of different strategies for social change that highlight the challenges involved. This provides useful lessons for those involved in social change, as well as for those studying it. Contributors to the volume are scholars and practitioners around the world, and they draw on strong connections with people working in the field to improve working conditions and environmental standards of global production systems. This allows readers to develop a more comprehensive and grounded understanding of strategies for social change.This book maintains a strong balance between breadth and specificity. It provides an overview of the themes of social change, which contextualizes and draws common threads from the chapters grounded in specific geographic locations and political spaces of change. The chapters analyze environmental and social problems and the varying degrees of success activists have had in regulating industries, containing environmental hazards, and/or harnessing aspects of an industry for positive social and economic change. Contributors draw upon different ways of creating change, which include corporate social responsibility schemes, fair trade regimes, and community radio. By providing insight into the potential and limitations of actions taken at different levels, the book encourages a critical perspective on efforts for social change, grounded in an understanding of how conditions around the world can affect these activities.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 229mm
Item Length: 152mm
Item Width: 20mm
Item Weight: 426g
Contributor: Kristina Areskog Bjurling (Contributions by), Shae Garwood (Edited by), Sarah Adler-Milstein (Contributions by), Claire Litton-Cohn (Contributions by), Sky Croeser (Contributions by), Shae Garwood (Contributions by), Sky Croeser (Edited by), Jessica Champagne (Contributions by), Caroline Baillie (Contributions by), Sanjiv Pandita (Contributions by), Ralph Early (Contributions by), Theresa Haas (Contributions by), Christalla Yakinthou (Edited by), Bharati Chaturvedi (Contributions by), Eric Feinblatt (Contributions by), Mark Barenberg (Contributions by), Michael Heasman (Contributions by), Fahmi Panimbang (Contributions by)
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: Society & Culture, Social Sciences, Business & Finance
Author: Kristina Areskog Bjurling
Release Year: 2015

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