LibGuides: Activism: Global Activism

Books at Gumberg

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eBooks: (Note: You will have to enter your MultiPass credentials to access these off-campus.)

Social Movements and Europeanization by Donatella della Porta; Manuela Caiani
Call Number: eBook
Are social movement organizations euro-sceptical, euro-pragmatic, or euro-opportunist? Or do they accept the EU as a new level of governance to place pressure on? Do they provide a critical capital, necessary for the political structuring of the EU, or do they disrupt the process of EUintegration?
Globalization and Social Movements: Islamism, feminism, and the global justice movement by Valentine Moghadam; Valentine M. Moghadam
Call Number: eBook
Deftly combining nuanced theory with rich empirical examples, leading scholar Valentine M. Moghadam focuses especially on three transnational social movements—Islamism, feminism, and global justice. Now updated to explore the European anti-austerity protests, the Arab Spring, and Occupy Wall Street, the book considers the ways in which these socio-political protests were affected especially by the role of young people and social networking media.
New Social Movements in the African Diaspora by Manning Marable; Leith Mullings (Editor); Kristen Clarke
Call Number: HM881 .N49 2009
In the last few decades the people of the African diaspora have intensified their struggles against racial discrimination and for equality. This account of these social movements include action in Latin America, the Indian Ocean World, Europe, Canada and the United States.
Latin American Social Movements in the Twenty-First Century by Richard Stahler-Sholk (Editor)
Call Number: HN110.5 .A8 L398 2008
When elected civilians replaced military authoritarian regimes in Latin America in the 1980s, democracy seemed at hand. Yet those nominally democratic regimes implemented widely unpopular neoliberal policies, opening the economies to global market forces with devastating impact on the poor. This clearly written and comprehensive text examines the uprising of politically and economically marginalized groups in Latin American societies.

Virtual Activism on Cameroon: the CamNet Files by N. Endeley
Call Number: eBook
During the 1990s, as the Internet in general and e-mail in particular grew in popularity as a means of communication, a number of Cameroonians residing in various parts of the world established a vibrant and lively electronic forum for the discussion of various issues related to their native land. The forum, known as Camnet, demonstrated that Cameroonians living abroad could actively participate in the political, economic and social processes taking place at home.
#iranelection by Negar Mottahedeh
Call Number: eBook
#iranelection follows the protest movement, on the ground and online, to investigate how emerging social media platforms developed international solidarity. The 2009 protests in Iran were the first revolts to be catapulted onto the global stage by social media, just as the 1979 Iranian Revolution was agitated by cassette tapes. And as the world turned to social media platforms to understand the events on the ground, social media platforms also adapted and developed to accommodate this global activism.

Finding Activism Resources at Gumberg

Use these subjects in any of our databases or DUQSearch to find books, articles, and more! Refine these subject searches further by adding the country at the end, e.g. Political activists AND Nigeria. (Note: We've recommended a few databases below!)

Social movements
Animal rights movement
Feminism OR Women's rights movement
Civil rights movement
Gay OR LGBT rights movement
Grassroots activism
Peace movements
Youth protest movements
Internet AND activism
Hacktivism
Political participation
Political activism

Academic Search Elite (EBSCO)
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database (ProQuest)
For information on current events and activism in Canada
GreenFILE
For environmental activism
Historical Abstracts
JSTOR
ProQuest Research Library
SAGE Journals