Citizenship and social movements : perspectives from the global South

Subject: Introduction: mobilization and social movements in the south : the challenges of inclusive governance / Lisa Thompson and Chris Tapscott. - Social movements and rights claims : the case of action groups in the Niger Delta / Elosa E. Osaghae. - Why do garment workers in Bangladesh fail to mobilize? / Simeen Mahmud. - Mobilization through litigation : claiming health rights on asbestos issues in South Africa / Nardi Simpson and Linda Waldman. - Water and rights : state management in South Africa and India / Lyla Mehta, Lisa Thompson and Ndodana Nleya. - Environmental activism in Brazil : the rise of a social movement / Angela Alonso, Valeriano Costa and Débora Maciel. - The struggle towards rights and communitarian citizenship : the Zapatista movement in Mexico / Carlos Cortez Ruiz. - Participation, inclusion and development under conditions of social mobilization / Vera Schattan Coelho and Arilson Favareto. - Popular mobilization, party dominance and participatory governance in South Africa / Laurence Piper and Lubna Nadvi. - Contesting development, reinventing democracy grassroots social movements in India / Rajita Mohanty. - Social mobilization in Cape Town : a tale of two communities / Chris Tapscott. XIV, 290 p. ; 22 cm.