Challenging Authoritarian Capitalism: The Transformative Power of the World Social Forum - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1032352159 ISBN 13 : 9781032352152

Editeur : Routledge, 2022

Synopsis

The World Social Forum (WSF) was conceived as a platform for exchange of experiences and interlinking effective action. In this book, leading intellectual-activists from four continents take stock of the WSF-experience so far and suggest new paths for collaboration between all who build other possible worlds.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Thomas Wallgren is Social Activist, Professor of Philosophy, and Director of The von Wright and Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He has been involved in Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - Coalition for Comprehensive Democracy, Corporate Europe Observatory, and the Network Institute for Global Democratization.

Uddhab Pd. Pyakurel is Associate Professor of Political Sociology and Director of Global Engagement Division at Kathmandu University, Nepal. Pyakurel has his PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, and frequently contributes to journals on socio-political developments in Nepal. He is associated with South Asian Dialogues on Ecological Democracy, Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, and Network Institute for Global Democratization.

Catalina Revollo Pardo is Colombian Immigrant Activist and Academic in Brazil. She has her PhD in Psychosociology of Communities and Social Ecology from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and is Substitute Professor in the Department of Psychology at Federal University of Minas Gerais UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Her work investigates the Colombian situation and immigrant groups in Brazil from the perspective of Latin American decolonial criticism and postcolonial studies.

Teivo Teivainen is Professor of World Politics at the University of Helsinki, Finland. On behalf of the Network Institute for Global Democratization, he took part in founding the International Council of the World Social Forum. He is a recipient of Hopkins Award of the American Sociological Association, Amartya Sen Prize of Yale University, and Outstanding Activist Scholar Award of the International Studies Association's IPE Section.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1032352159
• ISBN 13: 9781032352152
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 110
• Éditeur: Wallgren Thomas, Pyakurel Uddhab, Pardo Catalina Revollo, Teivainen Teivo
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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