Engaging Social Justice: Critical Studies Of Twenty-first Century Social Transformation

David Fasenfest, Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban Affairs, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Wayne State University, is an economist and sociologist who has written numerous articles on regional and urban economic development, labor market analysis and work force development, and income inequality. His work has appeared in Economic Development Quarterly, Urban Affairs Review, International Journal of Urban and Regional Review, and International Journal of Sociology. He is the editor of Community Economic Development: Policy Formation in the U.S. and U.K., Critical Perspectives on Local Development Policy Evaluation, and Social Change, Resistance and Social Practice. In addition, he edits the journal Critical Sociology and is the editor of the book series Studies in Critical Social Science published by Brill Academic Press.

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• I. MOBILIZATION FOR CHANGETeaching toward Praxis and Political Engagement, Melanie E. L. Bush and Deborah L. LittleAnother World is Possible: Mobilizing for Global Justice, Lauren LangmanSMOs, Cyberactivism, and Entertainment as Politics: How MoveOn is Expanding Public Discourse and Political Struggle, Victoria CartyExtending Theories of NGOs: Committed HIV/AIDS Activists and Neoliberal Reforms in Ukraine, Arseniy GutnikII. CHANGING FORMS OF PROTESTStability and Change in the Contours of Alliances Among Movements in the Social Forum Process, Christopher Chase-Dunn and Matheu KaneshiroThe Globalization Movement and World Social Forum: From Protest to Politics, Heather GautneyThe Technocratization of Protest: Transnational Advocacy Organizations and the WTO, Kristen HopewellIII. POWER AND RESISTANCE IN LATIN AMERICAEmerging Emancipatory Processes in Latin America, Ximena de la Barra and R. A. Dello BuonoMigration and Asymmetrical Integration in Latin America, Víctor M. Figueroa SepúlvedaWhat is the Potential of Latin America’s “third left ”?, Marie Kennedy, Fernando Leiva and Chris TillyResurrected Enterprises and Social Mobilization in Argentina, Laura Collin HarguindeguyCommunity Organizing, Rebellion, and the Progressive State: Neighborhood Councils in El Alto, Bolivia, Emily P. AchtenbergThe Zapatistas’ Other Politics: The Subjects of Autonomy, Margaret CerulloContributor InformationReferences CitedSubject IndexName Index