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Defines postmodern changes in global economic, political, & cultural processes & examines how they affect the form of transnational social movements (TSMs). Changes include: (1) the globalization of markets; (2) the decline of the Fordist accumulation model; (3) the fragmentation of class as a collective identity; (4) reduction in the role of the state in civil society & the economy; (5) the end of a global division into a First, Second, & Third World; & (6) the postmodern culture & its association with new technologies. These trends affect TSMs by stressing identity politics, turning away from the nation-state as a movement focus, changing their organizational structure from national to transnational networks, & turning to micropolitics & focusing on discourses & culture. The implications for peace activists are: resolving conflicts at the macro- & microlevel without violence & coercion, shrinking the supply of arms, & building positive economic nationalism. L. Nguyen

The past two decades have seen an increasing association between Lebanese Salafism and violence, with less attention being paid to Salafis who focus on peaceful proselytization. In reality, it is these Salafis whose influence has dramatically grown since the eruption of the Syrian conflict that profoundly affected Lebanon as well. Based on extensive fieldwork, Zoltan Pall offers insights into the dynamics of non-violent Lebanese Salafi groups and examines the importance of transnational links in shaping the trajectory of the movement. In particular, he shows how the internal transformation of Salafism in Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia led to the fragmentation of the Lebanese Salafi community. By analysing Salafism as a network, we see how the movement creates and mobilizes material and symbolic resources, and how it contributes to reshaping the structures of authority within the country's Sunni Muslim community

"Contemporary politics around fisheries are complex and contentious. Fishers' movements and their political agendas have played a critical role in global fisheries, particularly in the context of rural and environmental transformations. This book explores two transnational movements representing small-scale fishers--the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) and the World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers (WFF). It brings the politics of these movements into academic and political debates by exploring three connected analytical spheres: transnational movements contesting and seeking to influence the politics of global fisheries; international political spaces movements are prioritizing; and contentious fisheries issues movements are struggling over. This book draws upon political economy and political ecology debates, focusing its multi-layered analytical approach on socio-ecological dynamics of fisheries politics."--

Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- List of Tables, Figures and Map -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1 Northeast Asia -- Chapter 1 Transcendence and the Mundane at the Edge of the Middle Kingdom: Protestantised and Pragmatic Tibetan Buddhism in Hong Kong -- Chapter 2 The Party Giveth, and the Party Taketh Away: Chinese Enigmatic Attitudes Towards Religion -- Chapter 3 From Manchuria to the Korean Peninsula: The Scottish Impact in Late Nineteenth Century Korea -- Chapter 4 Dangerous Women in the Early Catholic Church in Korea -- Chapter 5 Ise Jingū, Nōsatsu Kai and Indulgences: Pilgrims in Tokugawa Japan Viewed by Two Swedish Travellers -- Part 2 South Asia -- Chapter 6 Jalarām Bāpā: Miracles and Meaning in Nineteenth Century Gujarāt -- Chapter 7 The Impact of Modernisation Processes in the Himalayas: Tibetan and Nepalese Traditions in Transition? -- Chapter 8 Indian Astrology -- Part 3 Southeast Asia -- Chapter 9 Islamic Identity in the Secular Environment of Post-Colonial Indonesia -- Chapter 10 "Traditional" Modernity: A Vietnamese Response to French Colonialism as Revealed in the Great Mural of Đạo Cao Đài -- Chapter 11 Many in One: Malaysia's Religious Pluralism Driving Growth and Development -- Chapter 12 Changing Profiles: The Historical Development of Christianity in Singapore -- Chapter 13 The King and His Cult: Thailand's Monarch and the Religious Culture -- Index

Globalization not only meant increasing flows of goods, services, capital, and more but also set the stage for increasing cross‐border organizing and transnational (social) movements, and changing modes of resistance. This article analyzes how women's and feminist movements in the region have "transnationalized" in response to the multiple and often contradictory processes of globalization and also looks at the gendered dimensions of transnational movements, including transnational migrant networks. The central question to be addressed is, to what extent does "gender" play a role in how people and groups organize? Are there gendered differences in agenda setting, selection of resistance, or mobilization strategies of transnational social movements, and what are the implications of such differences?

Environment, modernity, inequality -- Race, class, environment, and resistance -- Transnational movement networks for environmental justice -- The global village dump: trashing the planet -- Ghosts of the green revolution: pesticides poison the global South -- Electronic waste: the "clean industry" exports its trash -- Theorizing global environmental inequality and global social movements for human rights and environmental justice -- Appendix: Principles of environmental justice.

Initial formal evaluation of the implementation of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe signed at Helsinki on August 1, 1975, [hereinafter Helsinki Accord] took place at a 35-nation conference in Belgrade during the period from October 4, 1977, to March 9, 1978. The Helsinki Accord, though not a treaty, sets forth various principles of governmental conduct concerning freedom of transnational movement. The Accord morally commits participating states to implement certain measures either domestically or with other states, to respect, promote, and encourage human rights and fundamental freedoms. The Helsinki Accord is divided into three principal parts which are referred to as "baskets." Basket III, "Cooperation in Humanitarian and Other Fields," obligates signatories to facilitate freer movement on the basis of family ties, family reunification, proposed marriages, and personal or professional travel. Opportunities to visit family members located in foreign countries on a temporary or regular basis must be provided without distinction as to national origin or destination. Cases of urgency, such as serious illness or death, receive priority status. Requests to relocate in order to reunite families are to be dealt with in a "positive and humanitarian" spirit. Persons who are sick or elderly are to receive special attention. Receiving states agree to see that relocated individuals are afforded opportunities for education, medical assistance, and social security equal to those of citizens. Citizens of different signatories wishing to marry are to be allowed appropriate entry and exit documents." Married couples and their minor children may transfer their permanent residence to a state in which one spouse was normally domiciled. The participating states have also agreed to simplify procedures for exit and entry and to ease other security restrictions to promote travel for personal or professional reasons.