Transnational social movements: From the First International to the World Social Forum

2006 ◽  
pp. 54-70
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
World Social Forum ◽  
Transnational Social Movements ◽  
The World

The Global Right in the World Revolutions of 1917 and 20xx

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 55-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Chase-Dunn ◽  
Jennifer S.K. Dudley
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
First Century ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
World Systems ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Systems Perspective ◽  
Transnational Social Movements ◽  
The World ◽  
Similarities And Differences

Abstract An understanding of the contemporary constellation of right-wing national and transnational social movements needs to compare the recent movements and the global context with what happened in the first half of the twentieth century to figure out the similarities and differences, and to gain insights about what could be the consequences of the reemergence of populist nationalism and fascist movements. This article uses the comparative evolutionary world-systems perspective to study the global right from 1900 to the present. The point is to develop a better understanding of twenty-first century fascism, populist nationalism, and authoritarian practices and to help construct a praxis for the New Global Left.1

The Continuity of Transnational Solidarities in the World March of Women, 2000 and 2005: A Collective Identity-Building Approach

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascale Dufour ◽  
Isabelle Giraud
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Dual Process ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Transnational Activism ◽  
Transnational Social Movements ◽  
Detailed Case ◽  
The World

While the emergence of transnational social movements has been intensively studied, the continuity of sustained transnational mobilizations has received much less attention. Building on recent research in the field of transnational activism, we examine the case of the World March of Women (WMW), a mobilization of 6,000 associations, unions, and political parties in 163 countries that organized global mobilizations in 2000 and 2005. We argue that the process leading to the 2005 actions constitutes a "collective identity moment" for the WMW. Using semistructured qualitative interviews with leaders of the WMW and detailed case analyses, we demonstrate that this moment was manifested by three dimensions: a change of the activists' main global interlocutor; the use of the transnationalization process as an end in itsel—and not simply as a tool or a mobilization strategy;and the redirection of activists' energy into establishing collective unity as opposed to making direct external gains. This identity moment is the result of a dual process involving the articulation of past mobilizations with new perspectives and the continuing articulation of multiple activist identities.

Transnational Social Movements and Peaceful Change

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Milcíades Peña
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
Global Civil Society ◽  
Dynamic Processes ◽  
Transnational Social Movements ◽  
Relational Perspective ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Interactive Dynamic ◽  
Dominant Treatment

The chapter discusses the relationship between social movements and peaceful change. First, it reviews the way this relationship has been elaborated in IR constructivist and critical analyses, as part of transnational activist networks, global civil society, and transnational social movements, while considering the blind sides left by the dominant treatment of these entities as positive moral actors. Second, the chapter reviews insights from the revolution and political violence literature, a literature usually sidelined in IR debates about civil society, in order to cast a wider relational perspective on how social movements participate in, and are affected by, interactive dynamic processes that may escalate into violent outcomes at both local and international levels.

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