ABSTRACT
The World Social Forum (WSF) has become the focus for a diverse array of movements advancing alternative visions of globalisation. The numerous WSF's have helped to connect activists in an increasingly dense network of advocates for radical social change. They have mobilised hundreds of thousands of people and may be one of the most important political developments of our time. The Handbook of World Social Forum Activism brings together leading scholars of the social forum process from North America and Europe. The collection contributes to the ongoing process of reflection from the WSF experience, and is accessible to activists, students and scholars alike.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|73 pages
Background and Context
chapter 3|14 pages
The Political and its Absence in the World Social Forum:
part II|141 pages
Campaigns and Movements in the Social Forum Process
chapter 5|20 pages
More Than a Shadow of a Difference?
chapter 7|23 pages
Building National Labor Solidarity:
chapter 8|18 pages
The World Social Forum as a Bounded Open Space:
chapter 9|20 pages
Our World Is Not for Sale!
part III|78 pages
Local Places and Global Spaces
chapter 12|21 pages
African Voices and Activists at the WSF in Nairobi:
chapter 13|18 pages
Global Movements in Local Struggles:
part IV|94 pages
Democratic Innovations