Shutting down the streets is the first book to conceptualize the social control of dissent in the era of. The material and discursive regulation of sexuality, madness and reproduction by jane m. Amory starr has written a book which i dont expect to see being pushed in special. Questia read the fulltext online edition of shutting down the streets. This analysis of antirepression work is organized to match this studys three approaches to social control, by looking at space, political economy, and violence. Williamson the rush to measure performance lawrence l. Anticorporate movements confront globalization 2000. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Taxonomy of political violence university press scholarship. Amory starrs provocative book surveys and assesses.
Anticorporate movements confront globalization zed books, 2001, p. If you read amory starr s book, you know that the protests in seattle werent the first against corporate globalization. Their challenge is beginning, amory starr shows, to amount to a sweeping critique of its. The political violence of social control in the era of alterglobalization 2011 nyu press. Her diverse interests and activities include involvement in various community initiatives, including cofounding a community currency system and building one of the teaching assistant unions at the university of california. Buy the sociology book by dorling kindersley online from the works. Political violence and social control in the global era 2011. The authors, amory starr, luis fernandez, and christian scholl, reject as simplistic any false dichotomy between good and bad protestors that would tend to marginalize or even criticize very much groups like the black block p.
Investigating practice processes karen healy and joan mulholland proactive rhetoric david stoesz understanding the debate over the privatization of social security eric r. Attempts by groups like the european organization attac, which have much larger constituencies, to discour. The spirit of regeneration andean culture confronting western notions of development edited by frederique apffelmarglin and the center for mutual learning pratec. Amory starr, policing the alterglobalization movement. Ward and clement wood page images at hathitrust principles of sociology first edition. Amory starr is author of naming the enemy, a book that foresaw the emergent antiglobalization network nearly a decade ago. Her diverse interests and activities include involvement in various community initiatives. Amory starr, phd, is an activist, sociologist, and documentary filmmaker. This chapter analyzes the interrelationships among activist bodies, dissenting minds, social spaces that nurture dissent, and policing. They use the sociology of knowledge and several historical examples to show this effect of social movements.
In this paper we attempt to respond to community activists critiques of academia, and of sociology in particular, focusing primarily on our political inactivity and the seeming contradiction between this inactivity and our rhetoric about our profession. Anticorporate movements confront globalization, by amory starr. Anticorporate movements confront globalization zed books, 2000, was the first systematic documentation of the. And in 2012 i wrote a book about how a dinner party can change the economy. Anticorporate movements confront globalization new york. Political violence and social control in the global era starr, amory, fernandez, luis a. Based on direct observation of more than 20 global summits, the book demonstrates that social control is not only global, but also preemptive, and that it relegates dissent to the realm of criminality. Sep 19, 2000 to rule jerusalem is a compelling study of the intertwining of religion and politics, exploring the city simultaneously as an ordinary place and an extraordinary symbol. Later published by zed books, it is the first systematic survey of the movements which would shortly converge into the antiglobalization movement.
Shutting down the streets amory starr, luis a fernandez. Houston native alex vitale served on the staff of the san francisco coalition on homelessness from 1990 to 1993, heading up its work on developing and preserving health care and social services programs, and defending the civil rights of people living on the streets and in shelters. I had met her through her scholarship three years earlier, when i was in the throes of my phd research and fully realised that it was all going to be about food sovereignty and local food. Political violence and social control in the global era by amory starr, luis fernandez, and christian scholl 20. Anticorporate social movements confront globalization zed books, 2000. Sociology includes a comprehensive and thorough study of sociology as a discipline at an advanced level. Political violence and social control in the global era by amory starr, luis fernandez, and christian scholl. From the right to the city to the urban revolutions. In this paper we attempt to respond to community activists critiques of academia, and of sociology in particular, focusing primarily on our political inactivity and the seeming contradiction between this inactivity and our rhetoric about our. Shutting down the streets is the first book to conceptualize the social control of dissent in the era of alterglobalization. Political violence and social control in the global era by amory starr, luis fernandez, christian scholl, 2011 online research library. Wealth, power, and the constitution of democratic societies yale university press, may 2019.
Behind the scenes at the wto the real world of international trade negotiationslessons of cancun fatoumata jawara and aileen kwa. It includes study of social relations, social stratification, social interaction, culture, etc. Sociology degree course covers the study of various. Millions more know that something is terribly wrong and are ready to begin taking action. Naming the enemy explains how this movement has grown from local campaigns against local problems to a planetwide movement against a companies that turn people and the environment into commodities. Best sociology books 70 books meet your next favorite book. Shutting down the streets by amory starr, 9780814740996, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Political violence and social control in the global era by amory starr, luis fernandez, and christian scholl, patrick f. Underground restaurant starr, amory, godshalk, andrea on. Activists develop technologies of education, solidarity, communal institutions, and culture to thwart and.
Amory starr is the author of several books, including the first comprehensive text on alterglobalization, naming the enemy. Visit now to browse our huge range of products at great prices. A new movement of antiglobalists, intime magazines words 24 april 2000, now oppose corporate dominion over the planets poor and disfranchised. Political violence and social control in the global era ebook. Christian scholl is lecturer of political science at the university of amsterdam and author of the forthcoming book, two sides of a barricade. Shutting down the streets by amory starr, 9780814741009, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Political violence and social control in the global era by amory starr, luis fernandez, and christian scholl, american journal of sociology 118, no. Anticorporate movements confront globalization 2000, was the first systematic documentation of the emergence of the alterglobalization movement.
Sociology is a good 4year program and also offers good career opportunities. Logic of expressive choice, alexander schuessler uses rational choice theory, as well as sociology and. Browse academic ebooks to read online or download in epub or pdf format on your mobile device and pc. She teaches sociology at chapman university, california. The overall goal of the research in this book was to understand gang phenomenon in the united states. Professor of sociology and public affairs, and stuart professor of communications and public affairs, princeton university photo. The political violence of social control in the era of global governance new york university press isbn. Hello select your address best sellers mobiles pantry amazon pay new releases computers customer service books sell gift ideas baby mobiles pantry amazon pay new. Verta taylors 1996 claim that womens postpartum selfhelp groups are a social movement is at the core of the controversy. This chapter describes antirepression, the tactics activists use to protect themselves from the social control of dissent. There is growing scholarly consensus that since the late 1990s democratic states have shifted in the ways they respond to protest. And in 2012 i wrote a book about how a dinner party can change the economy, underground restaurant. Amory starr is a professor of sociology at colorado state university. Millions of people have already become active in rejecting corporate globalization and developing alternatives to it.
In shutting down the streets, amory starr, luis fernandez, and christian scholl adeptly map the new contours of state efforts to control social movements in a global era. Amory starr is professor of sociology at colorado state university. An overview of resistance to globalization january. Amory starr is an activist, sociologist, and documentary filmmaker. The long time horizon of such work reminds us of the difficulty in assessing success of social movements. An insight into statistics is a comprehensive introduction to probability theory and statistical methods in the social sciences. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Christian scholl recently, a wall was built in eastern germany. Strategic incapacitation and the policing of occupy wall street in new york city, 2011, patrick f. The book forms the basis for empirical studies within disciplines such as economics, sociology and political science. New york university press dont mind the press stupid title, the proper one is. The sociology book by dorling kindersley reference books at. Marx and durkheim use facts, figures, and statistics to support their theories, while webers studies were of a qualitative nature. I wrote this book for you because i have a deep and abiding commitment to make knowledge available to all people of the world no matter their race, color, sex, creed, income, national origin, life style, or other personal traits that might work against them unfairly.
Naming the enemyis the first systematic documentation of this international resistance to transnational corporations and globalization which has so recently burst into the public gaze with the street protests in seattle. In order to accomplish this goal, the author investigated gangs in different cities in order to understand what was similar in the way all gangs behaved and what was idiosyncratic to certain gangs. Sociology or master of arts in sociology is a postgraduate sociology course. Zed books this book was completed as my dissertation in june, 1998, well before seattle wto n30 1999.
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