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The New Transnational Activism

The New Transnational Activism( )
Author: Tarrow, Sidney
Contribution by: Tarrow, Sidney
McAdam, Douglas
Tilly, Charles
Series title:Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics Ser.
ISBN:978-0-521-61677-5
Publication Date:Aug 2005
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $45.95
Book Description:

The New Transnational Activism, first published in 2005, shows how even the most prosaic activities can assume broader political meanings when they provide ordinary people with the experience of crossing transnational space. This means that we cannot be satisfied with defining transnational activists through the ways they think.

Book Details
Pages:278
Detailed Subjects: Political Science / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.2 x 22.9 x 1.6 cm
Book Weight:0.41 Kilograms
Author Biography
Tarrow, Sidney (Author)
Social scientist Charles Tilly was born in Lombard, Illinois on May 27, 1929. He graduated from Harvard Univeristy with a bachelor's degree in 1950 and a docorate in sociology in 1958. He also studied at Oxford University and the Catholic University in Angers, France. During the Korean War, he served in the Navy. He taught sociology and political science at numerous univeristies including the University of Delaware, Harvard University, the University of Toronto, the University of Michigan and Columbia University. During his lifetime, he wrote 51 books and monographs and more than 600 scholoarly articles. He received numerous awards including the Albert O. Hirschman Award from the Social Science Research Council. He died from lymphoma on April 29, 2008.

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