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Social Movements: An Anthropological Reader

ISBN: 978-1-405-10108-0

October 2004

Wiley-Blackwell

360 pages

Description
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.

  • Based on fieldwork carried out on four continents - North America, South America, Africa, and Asia - and in 14 countries
  • Includes articles that address problems ranging from global health and the spread of diseases; loss of control over basic resources such as water and fuel; militarization; to the repression of indigenous peoples and of women
  • Offers solutions formulated by local peoples
About the Author
June Nash is Distinguished Professor Emerita at the City University of New York. She is the author or editor of over 20 books, including Mayan Visions: The Quest for Autonomy in an Age of Globalization (2001) and Women and Change in Latin America (co-edited with Helen Safa, 1986).
Features

  • Draws on fieldwork carried out on four continents---North America, South America, Africa, and Asia---and in 14 countries
  • Includes articles that address problems ranging from global health and the spread of diseases; loss of control over basic resources such as water and fuel; militarization; to the repression of indigenous peoples and of women
  • Offers solutions formulated by local peoples.