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Cosmopolitan Futures: Global Activism for a Just World

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Author(s): Giuseppe Caruso
Edition: 1
Publisher: Into Kustannus
Year: 2012

Language: English
Commentary: https://www.academia.edu/2176462
Pages: 227
City: Helsinki
Tags: world social forum

About This Book
Acknowledgements
Preface

Chapter 1: Another World Is Possible!
There Is No Alternative
The Struggle for Equality, Justice and Sustainability
This Book

Chapter 2: Once Upon A Time
In the Beginning
The Passage to India
Indian Activism in a Nutshell
The Asian Social Forum

Chapter 3: Cosmopolitan Futures and Slow Movements
Networks, Movements and Open Spaces
Methodologies of Transformation
WSF's Cosmopolitan Vision

Chapter 4: The ‘Open Space’
The Open Space in India
The Boundaries of the Open Space
Inclusion/Exclusion in the Open Space
Power in the Open Space
Challenging Boundaries
WSF's (Facilitating) Leadership
Keeping the Doors Open

Chapter 5: The WSF in India
The Scene
Organisational Architecture
Inter- and Intra-Sectoral Conflicts in WSF 2004
Dalit Activism
Religious Groups
Peasant Movement
Single-Issue Social Movements
Trade Unions
Women’s Movements
Left Parties …
… and NGOs
The Suppression of Difference in WSF 2004

Chapter 6: Principles in Practice
This Is What Day-to-Day Activism Looks Like
Conflict and Prefigurative Politics
Activist Conundrums

Chapter 7: A Globalising Alliance
WSF India’s Legacy
The Local/global in the WSF

Chapter 8: The Future of the WSF