Local Battles, Global Stakes

Local Battles, Global Stakes

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Many popular and social science interpretations of conflicts around the world explicitly or implicitly assume that ?the local’ and ?the global’ are clearly distinct realms. This is most clearly brought out in phrases about ?local responses’ to ?global change’. This book addresses a wealth of cases from around the world that illustrate how local tensions, frictions and open conflicts are not only influenced by outside actors, but how local parties proactively seek to insert their interests in global discourses, if only to strengthen their legitimacy. This compilation covers issues ranging from religious contentions, ethical controversies, ethnic clashes, and environmental issues in Asia, Latin America, Africa and Europe. Geo-political interference from outside players, material and immaterial support from diasporas, international media articulation of the conflict's stakes, and international religious proselytising, all co-constitute local disputes. This book shows how local strife is often situated in and shaped by broader political and other contexts. This book is meant for all scholars and students interested in the real and tangible effects of globalization processes, in particular for anthropologists, political scientists, sociologists and scholars interested in international dimensions of environmental issues, religion, ethnicity and gender.

Specificaties

Aantal pagina's
302
Auteur
Ton Salman, Marjo de Theije
Breedte (mm)
120
Druk
1
Gewicht (g)
612
Hoogte (mm)
17
Lengte (mm)
210
NUR-code
764
Ondertitel
The Globalization of Local Conflicts and the Locatization of Global Interests
Taal
en
Uitgever
Vu University Press
Uitvoering
Paperback
Verschijningsjaar
2011
ISBN
9789086595327

Artikelnummer: 9789086595327