This book begins from the central premise that progressive
social change requires collective struggle underpinned by a clear
strategy, and that processes of neoliberal globalisation have
altered the cartography upon which social struggle takes place.
Drawing on insights from the knowledge production processes of
labour movements around the world, this research seeks to highlight
the central importance of knowledge production and processes of
learning within social movements.
Providing both a comprehensive theoretical and empirical
introduction to the relationship between globalisation, knowledge
and social movement strategy, the authors contend that the
production and dissemination of alternative knowledge is central to
a resurgence of working-class power. By presenting a wide range of
case-studies, the book highlights the centrality of knowledge
production and circulation processes to the potential expansion and
revitalization of the role of civil society in the promotion of
social democracy. The chapter contributors include
activist-scholars, whose work represents a broad perspective on
'labour' including the unemployed, the self-employed at the margins
of the labour market, the unorganized, and those who work in the
informal economy.
Delivering work which is at once theoretically rich and yet
empirically informed, this work will be of interest to students and
scholars from a range of disciplines including International
Relations, Development Studies, Critical Labour and Social Movement
Studies, and Education. It will also be of relevance to activists
and practitioners engaged in strategy development and education in
various social movements.
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