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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