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Leading sociologist Boaventura de Sousa Santos makes an impassioned case for the politicization of the World Social Forum. He argues that its full potential as a force for social, economic and political change can be achieved only if it takes a stand against neoliberal globalization, war, famine and corruption. However, since its inception, the WSF has preferred to provide a platform that facilitates cooperation between diverse social movements. Through a detailed analysis of the WSF's history and organization, de Sousa Santos argues that if the WSF is able to realize its potential as an insti

Law, politics, and the subaltern in counter-hegemonic globalization /Boaventura de Sousa Santos and César A. Rodríguez-Garavito --Beyond neoliberal governance : the World Social Forum as subaltern cosmopolitan politics and legality /Boaventura de Sousa Santos --Nike's law : the anti-sweatshop movement, transnational corporations, and the struggle over international labor rights in the Americas /César A. Rodríguez-Garavito --Corporate social responsibility : a case of hegemony and counter-hegemony /Ronen Shamir --Campaigning for life : building a new transnational solidarity in the face of HIV/AIDS and TRIPS /Heinz Klug --Negotiating informality within formality : land and housing in the Texas colonias /Jane E. Larson --Local contact points at global divides : labor rights and immigrant rights as sites for cosmopolitan legality /Fran Ansley --Limits of law in counter-hegemonic globalization : the Indian Supreme Court and the Narmada Valley struggle /Balakrishnan Rajagopal --The Movement of the Landless (MST), juridical field, and legal change in Brazil /Peter P. Houtzager --Indigenous rights, transnational activism, and legal mobilization : the struggle of the U'wa people in Colombia /César A. Rodríguez-Garavito and Luis Carlos Arenas --Defensive and oppositional counter-hegemonic uses of international law : from the International Criminal Court to the common heritage of humankind /José Manuel Pureza --Political and legal struggles over resources and democracy : experiences with gender budgeting in Tanzania /Mary Rusimbi and Marjorie Mbilinyi --Two democracies, two legalities : participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil /Boaventura de Sousa Santos --Life, life world, and life chances: vulnerability and survival in Indian constitutional law /Shiv Visvanathan and Chandrika Parmar --Bottom-up environmental law and democracy in the risk society : Portuguese experiences in the European context /João Arriscado Nunes, Marisa Matias, and Susana Costa.

EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply shaken societies and lives around the world. This powerful book reveals how the pandemic has intensified socio-economic problems and inequalities across the world whilst offering visions for a better future informed by social movements and public sociology. Bringing together experts from 27 countries, the authors explore the global echoes of the pandemic and the different responses adopted by governments, policy makers and activists. The new expressions of social action, and forms of solidarity and protest, are discussed in detail, from the Black Lives Matter protests to the French Strike Movement and the Lebanese Uprising. This is a unique global analysis on the current crisis and the contemporary world and its outcomes