Urban Movements in a Globalising World | Pierre Hamel, Henri Lustiger-

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Urban Movements in a Globalising World

ABSTRACT

This collection deals with the transformation of urban movements in these new social, economic and political environments.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |22 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I Urban social movements

chapter 1|20 pages

New social movements, poor people’s movements and the struggle for social citizenship

chapter 2|14 pages

The miniaturisation of collective action

chapter 3|20 pages

Marginalisation and political responses in the French context

part |2 pages

Part II The urban economy in global context

chapter 4|20 pages

Globalisation, entrepreneurial cities and the social economy

chapter 5|22 pages

Local finance in a global economy

chapter 6|16 pages

Workfare and community economic development in Montreal

part |2 pages

Part III Urban social movements and the global future

chapter 7|16 pages

Urban social movements in an era of globalisation

chapter 8|18 pages

The fragmentation of social movements and social justice

chapter 9|16 pages

Local citizens’ initiatives during the (East) German transformation

chapter 10|20 pages

The diversity of Eastern European social movements