Protest and social movements in the developing world

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Protest and social movements in the developing world

edited by Shinichi Shigetomi, Kumiko Makino

Edward Elgar, c2009

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"Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), JETRO."

Includes bibliographical references and index

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In this insightful book, the contributors focus on the impact of contextual factors on social movements in the developing world, pushing major existing theories beyond their traditional focus. With wide coverage of the developing world, leading academics explore a variety of forms and mechanisms of social movement. They present discussions on resource and institutional endowment for mobilization in Colombia and Thailand, and explore the structure behind political opportunities in Argentina, China and South Africa. The history and reality of identity-making in India, Mexico and Nigeria are also examined. Presenting novel analytical frameworks to study social movements in developing countries, this book will be warmly welcomed by academics and researchers with an interest in sociology, development and political science. It will also strongly appeal to social movement activists.

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Contents: Preface 1. Rethinking Theories on Social Movements and Development Shinichi Shigetomi PART I: RESOURCE AND INSTITUTIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR MOBILIZATION 2. Community-based Local Development and the Peace Initiative of the PDPMM in Colombia: Resource Mobilization under Extreme Conditions Noriko Hataya 3. Institutional Readiness and Resource Dependence of Social Movements: The Case of Provincial Development Forums in Thailand Shinichi Shigetomi PART II: STRUCTURE BEHIND POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES 4. Strategies for Fragmentary Opportunities and Limited Resources: The Environmental Protest Movement under Communist China in Transition Kenji Otsuka 5. Institutional Conditions for Social Movements to Engage in Formal Politics: The Case of AIDS Activism in Post-Apartheid South Africa Kumiko Makino 6. Rethinking Political Opportunity Structure in the Argentine Unemployed and Poor People's Movement Koichi Usami PART III: HISTORY AND REALITY FOR FRAME- AND IDENTITY-MAKING 7. Dynamics of Ideal Values and Social Movement in a Corporatist State: Mexican Indigenous Peoples' Movements and a Village's Challenge Akio Yonemura 8. Competition and Framing in the Women's Movement in India Mayumi Murayama 9. Opposition Movements and the Youth in Nigeria's Oil-Producing Area: An Inquiry into Framing Katsuya Mochizuki PART IV: CONCLUSION 10. Resources, Organizations and Institutions: Intermediaries for Social Movements in Development Context Kumiko Makino and Shinichi Shigetomi Index

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