{"product_id":"9781405116138","title":"Global Movements Action and Culture","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGlobal Movements\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAction and Culture\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKevin McDonald\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ Globalization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver the past decade we have witnessed the extraordinary rise of new global movements that throw into question the way we think about culture, power and action in a globalizing world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines three of the most significant global social movements of the last decade: anti-globalization, new Islamic movements, and the Falun Gong in China.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores key dimensions of these movements, the tensions they confront, and the crises that created them.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how these global movements require a rethinking of the very idea of social movements\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eKevin McDonald\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eStruggles for Subjectivity: Identity, Action and Youth Experience\u003c\/i\u003e (1999) and \u003ci\u003ePressing Questions: Explorations in Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e (2nd ed., 2000).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 March 2006\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405116138\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e260\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.08\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379942289548,"sku":"9781405116138","price":48.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405116138_b06be6b0-34a9-4da9-9785-b961aad8bfe4.jpg?v=1780175743","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405116138","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}