Bulletin n. 3/2008
February 2009
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Della Porta Donatella
    L’altermondialisme et la recherche sur les mouvements sociaux. Quelques réflexions
    in Cultures & Conflits , numero 70, été ,  2008 ,  13-31
    This article has two main aims: to present, on the basis of empirical research, some of the characteristics of the so called alterglobalist movement, and to develop reflect upon the Southern dimension of this movement. Although many transnational campaigns had developed in the 1990s, the explosion of protest in the recent years had not been anticipated by social movement studies, that tended to focus on more institutional forms of protest and on the national level. After having looked at how the different dimensions of globalization provided challenges but also opportunities for transnational mobilization, the authors singles out some open questions referring to the presence of a global social movement, discussing the cleavages existing inside the movement as well as its multilevel nature. Addressing the movement in the global South, relevant research issues are discussed-such as its different social bases, the multiple political opportunities, the complex structure of political cleavages. Full text available on-line: http://www.conflits.org/index12293.html
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