ABSTRACT

In this chapter, we depict the main characteristics of the Swiss global justice movement (GJM) as manifested since its emergence into the public domain in the late 1990s. Following the definition given in the introduction to this volume, we characterize the GJM as “the loose network of organizations (of varying degrees of formality, and including even political parties) and other actors, engaged in collective action of various kinds, on the basis of the shared concern to advance the cause of justice (economic, social, political, and environmental) among and between peoples across the globe.”