9780521607353 - law and globalization from below: towards a cosmopolitan legality (cambridge studies in law and society) (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:9780521607353. …

Paperback. Zustand: Good. This book is an unprecedented attempt to analyze the role of the law in the global movement for social justice. Case studies in the book are written by leading scholars from both the global South and the global North, and combine empirical research on the ground with innovative sociolegal theory to shed new light on a wide array of topics. Among the issues examined are the role of law and politics in the World Social Forum; the struggle of the anti-sweatshop movement for the protection of international labour rights; and the challenge to neoliberal globalization and liberal human rights raised by grassroots movements in India and indigenous peoples around the world. These and other cases, th.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. notes in pencil. xv, 395 pages ; 24 cm. Contents: Law, politics, and the subaltern in counter-hegemonic globalization / Boaventura de Sousa Santos and César A. Rodríguez-Garavito -- Beyond neoliberal governance : the World Social Forum as subaltern cosmopolitan politics and legality / Boaventura de Sousa Santos -- Nike's law : the anti-sweatshop movement, transnational corporations, and the struggle over international labor rights in the Americas / César A. Rodríguez-Garavito -- Corporate social responsibility : a case of hegemony and counter-hegemony / Ronen Shamir -- Campaigning for life : building a new transnational solidarity in the face of HIV/AIDS and TRIPS / Heinz Klug -- Negotiating informality within formality : land and housing in the Texas colonias / Jane E. Larson -- Local contact points at global divides : labor rights and immigrant rights as sites for cosmopolitan legality / Fran Ansley -- Limits of law in counter-hegemonic globalization : the Indian Supreme Court and the Narmada Valley struggle / Balakrishnan Rajagopal -- The Movement of the Landless (MST), juridical field, and legal change in Brazil / Peter P. Houtzager -- Indigenous rights, transnational activism, and legal mobilization : the struggle of the U'wa people in Colombia / César A. Rodríguez-Garavito and Luis Carlos Arenas -- Defensive and oppositional counter-hegemonic uses of international law : from the International Criminal Court to the common heritage of humankind / José Manuel Pureza -- Political and legal struggles over resources and democracy : experiences with gender budgeting in Tanzania / Mary Rusimbi and Marjorie Mbilinyi -- Two democracies, two legalities : participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil / Boaventura de Sousa Santos -- Life, life world, and life chances: vulnerability and survival in Indian constitutional law / Shiv Visvanathan and Chandrika Parmar -- Bottom-up environmental law and democracy in the risk society : Portuguese experiences in the European context / João Arriscado Nunes, Marisa Matias, and Susana Costa.…

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Zustand: New. An unprecedented attempt to analyze the role of the law in the global movement for social justice. Editor(s): Santos, Boaventura de Sousa; Rodriguez-Garavito, Cesar A. Series Editor(s): Arup, Chris; Chanock, Martin; O'Malley, Pat; Merry, Sally Engle; Silbey, Susan. Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 642. . 2001. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…