This collection dives head-on into the central contradictions of 21st Century North America and beyond with cutting-edge approaches to conflict-driven social change. Diverse forms of social movement resistance from environmentalists, migrant communities and others are analyzed by distinguished criti
Social Change, Resistance and Social Practices (Studies in Critical Social Sciences, 19)
β Scribed by forthcoming, Richard A. Dello Buono (editor), David Fasenfest (editor)
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 261
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This collection dives head-on into the central contradictions of 21st Century North America and beyond with cutting-edge approaches to conflict-driven social change. Diverse forms of social movement resistance from environmentalists, migrant communities a
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