Tarrow, Sidney G.

The new transnational activism / by Sidney Tarrow. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - xv, 258 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in contentious politics. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. -- Structure, process and actors. -- Complex internati onalism. -- Rooted cosmopolitans and transnational activists. -- The gl obal in the local. -- Global framing. -- Internalizing contention. -- T ransitional processes. -- Diffusion and modularity. -- Shifting the sca le of contention. -- The local in the global. -- Externalizing contenti on. -- Building transnational coalitions. -- Transnationalism at home a nd abroad. -- Transnational impacts on domestic activism. -- Internatio nalization and transnational activism. -- Glossary.

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2005-000307


Internationalism.
Coalitions.
Political activists.
Transnationalism.

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