Demanding justice in the global South : claiming rights /: claiming rights. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jean Grugel, Jewellord Nem Singh, Lorenza B. Fontana, Anders Uhlin, editors.
• Editors: Grugel, Jean; Singh, Jewellord, 1984-; Fontana, Lorenza Belinda; Uhlin, Anders
• Contents: 1. Analysing justice claims in the global South -- 2. Struggles against the high cost of living in Burkina Faso -- 3. Demanding rights in company-community resource extraction conflicts: examining the cases of Vedanta and POSCO in Odisha, India -- 4. Mega dams and resistance: the case of the Three Gorges Dam, China -- 5. 'We are the engine of the enterprise, and yet, we are like its illegitimate children': the contract workers' movement in Chile and its claims for equal labour rights -- 6. Situating women's rights in everyday life: the EMPOWER women's human rights report -- 7. Transnationalising dissidence beyond the global South: Arab activists in Occupy Oakland -- 8. Claiming justice in the global South.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (210 pages), map
• Subjects: 303.3/72091724; Political activists -- Developing countries; Political activists -- Southern Hemisphere; Social justice -- Developing countries; Social justice -- Southern Hemisphere; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Political activists; Social justice; Developing countries; Southern Hemisphere; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319388212; 3319388215
• Related ISBNs: 9783319388205; 3319388207
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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