BARRY ADAM University of Windsor, CanadaRANJIT DWIVEDI PhD, Institute of Social Studies, The HagueCATHERINE ESCHULE University of Sussex, UKANTIMO FARRO University of Roma I, La SapienzaLOUIS MAHEU Professor of Sociology, University of MontrealANGELA MILES Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, CanadaVALENTINE MOGHADAM Director of Women's Studies and Associate Professor of Sociology, Illinois State UniversityAARON POLLACK MA, Institute of Social Studies, The HagueJEAN-GUY VAILLANCOURT Professor, Sociology Department, University of Montreal

• Notes on the Contributors Introduction: The Shifting Global Frames of Collective Action; P.Hamel, H.Lustiger-Thaler, J.N.Pieterse & S.Roseneil PART I: GLOBALIZATION DISCOURSES Globalization and Collective Action; J.N.Pieterse Towards a Theory of Global Collective Action and Institutions; H.Lustiger-Thaler, L.Maheu & P.Hamel Globalizing Civil Society? Social Movements and the Challenge of Global Politics from Below; C.Eschle PART II: GLOBAL IDENTITIES: GENDER AND SEXUALITIES The Global, the Local and the Personal: The Dynamics of a Social Movement in Postmodernity; S.Roseneil Transnational Feminist Networks: Collective Action in an Era of Globalization; V.M.Moghadam Global Feminist Theorizing and Organizing: Life-centred and Multi-centred Alternatives to Neo-liberal Globalization; A.Miles Globalization and the Mobilization of Gay and Lesbian Communities; B.D.Adam PART III: THE MULTIPLICITIES OF GLOBALIZATION Cross-border, Cross-movement Alliances in the Late 1990s; A.Pollack Collective Movements and Globalization; A.Farro & J.G.Vaillancourt Environmental Movements in the Global South: Outline of a Critique on the 'Livelihood' Approach; R.Dwivedi Index