Economic and Political Change in Asia and Europe

Social Movement Analyses

AvBernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan,Frédéric Royall

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

This volume explores the applicability of European economic and social models to analysis of East Asia's and particularly China's situation. The editors compare and contrast research tools and paradigms of East Asia and Europe, with revealing results.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-09-20
Mått:155 x 235 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:306
Förlag:Springer
ISBN:9789400792111

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Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements.- List of Abbreviations .- List of Tables, Figures, and Appendices.- 1: Collective Action and Relatively Powerless People in Europe and Asia: Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan and Frédéric Royall.- Part I: Economic, Political and Social Globalization in Asia and Europe.- 2: Economic Change and Social a Dynamics: Converging and Diverging Trends Across Different Economies: Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan.- 3: European Integration, Social Cohesion and Political Contentiousness: Christian Lahusen.- 4: Images and Frameworks of Collective Action in China: Carsten Storm.- 5: European Governance and Democracy: Didier Chabanet.- 6: Agricultural Markets and Food Riots: The European Union and Asia Compared: M. Bruna Zolin.- Part II: Social Movements in a Transnational Perspective.- 7: Marginalization and Transnationalizing Social Movements: How One Relates to the Other: Pascale Dufour .- 8: Transnational Collective Action and the European Network of the Unemployed: Frédéric Royall.- Part III: National Examples.- 9: The British and French Hunger Marches of the 1930s:An Exclusive Mode of Protest, a Cultural Transfer and a Fulcrum Of Success: Matt Perry.- 10: Comparing Mobilizations Against Three Social Reforms in the 2000s in Belgium: Jean Faniel.- 11: Employment Status and Political Participation: Does Exclusion Influence the Protest Behavior of the Young Unemployed?: Marco Giugni and Jasmine Lorenzini .- 12: The Practical Uses of Administrative and Cultural Categories Across the Field of Pro-Gypsy Activities in France Today: Activist Constructions and Adaptations to Political Categorizations: Anne-Cécile Renouard .- 13: Challenges of Social Engagement: NGO Work in the People’s Republic of China: Birgit Häse.- 14: The Suicide Problem in Contemporary Japanese Society: Its Economic and Social Backdrop and Religious Reactions: Michiaki Okuyama.- 15:Constructing and ControllingPeople’s Power from the Grassroots.- Philippine Social Movement Activism in a Historical Perspective: Dominique Caouette .- Part IV: Commentary.- 16: What Do Social Scientists Do When They Do Comparative Work?: Lilian Mathieu.- Bibliography.- Contributors.- IndexPart II: Social Movements in a Transnational Perspective.- 7: Marginalization and Transnationalizing Social Movements: How One Relates to the Other: Pascale Dufour .- 8: Transnational Collective Action and the European Network of the Unemployed: Frédéric Royall.- Part III: National Examples.- 9: The British and French Hunger Marches of the 1930s:An Exclusive Mode of Protest, a Cultural Transfer and a Fulcrum Of Success: Matt Perry.- 10: Comparing Mobilizations Against Three Social Reforms in the 2000s in Belgium: Jean Faniel.- 11: Employment Status and Political Participation: Does Exclusion Influence the Protest Behavior of the Young Unemployed?: Marco Giugni and Jasmine Lorenzini .- 12: The Practical Uses of Administrative and Cultural Categories Across the Field of Pro-Gypsy Activities in France Today: Activist Constructions and Adaptations to Political Categorizations: Anne-Cécile Renouard .- 13: Challenges of Social Engagement: NGO Work in the People’s Republic of China: Birgit Häse.- 14: The Suicide Problem in Contemporary Japanese Society: Its Economic and Social Backdrop and Religious Reactions: Michiaki Okuyama.- 15:Constructing and Controlling People’s Power from the Grassroots.- Philippine Social Movement Activism in a Historical Perspective: Dominique Caouette .- Part IV: Commentary.- 16: What Do Social Scientists Do When They Do Comparative Work?: Lilian Mathieu.- Bibliography.- Contributors.- Index.