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Anti-apartheid and the emergence of a global civil society

H̄kan Th̲rn looks at anti-apartheid as part of the history of present global politics. He provides the first comparative analysis of different sections of the transnational anti-apartheid movement. A highly organized system of repression such as apartheid demanded organized resistance: from the late 1950s to the 1990s the anti-apartheid movement performed increasingly well-organized transnational collective action, based on a collective identity, an imagined community of solidarity activists, uniting people across large distances. Analyzing a part of 20th century post-war history mainly from a sociological perspective this book also highlights dimensions of globalization in an era in which we still live; the power of the media; and the power of collective action.

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  • "Looking at anti-apartheid as part of the history of present global politics, this book provides the first comparative analysis of different sections of the transnational anti-apartheid movement. The author emphasizes the importance of a historical perspective on political cultures, social movements, and global civil society. Thorn provides the first comparative analysis of different sections of the transnational anti-apartheid movement. Analyzing part of the 20th post-war history mainly from a sociological perspective this book also highlights dimensions of globalization in an era in which we still live; the power of the media; and the power of collective action."
  • "H̄kan Th̲rn looks at anti-apartheid as part of the history of present global politics. He provides the first comparative analysis of different sections of the transnational anti-apartheid movement. A highly organized system of repression such as apartheid demanded organized resistance: from the late 1950s to the 1990s the anti-apartheid movement performed increasingly well-organized transnational collective action, based on a collective identity, an imagined community of solidarity activists, uniting people across large distances. Analyzing a part of 20th century post-war history mainly from a sociological perspective this book also highlights dimensions of globalization in an era in which we still live; the power of the media; and the power of collective action."@en
  • "Th̲rn provides the first comparative analysis of different sections of the transnational anti-apartheid movement. Analyzing part of the 20th post-war history mainly from a sociological perspective this book also highlights dimensions of globalization in an era in which we still live; the power of the media; and the power of collective action."@en
  • "'Hakan Thorn's powerful history of the anti-apartheid movement shows us how it was at once one of the most successful transnational campaigns in history, and at the same time how it produced a new globalization of politics, marked by the emergence of transnational networks of solidarity around issues of universal justice, equality and human rights. Thorn shows how the anti-apartheid movement was the most important of the social movements that have led to the construction of an active global civil society. The anti-apartheid movement thus stands today as a historical model for the production of forms of contemporary forms of collective action.' - Robert J. C. Young, New York University, USA and author of Postcolonialism: An Historical Introduction 'Hakan Thorn's book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of how social movements have adapted to the global age. His study is not only well-researched, and thus greatly expands our knowledge of the anti-apartheid movement, it also advances our theoretical knowledge of social movements by revealing how new information technology has influenced how contemporary social movements can be effective in the new global public sphere. This is an important book.' - Ron Eyerman, Yale University, USA '!the book makes a significant contribution to knowledge concerning global social movements!the book offers a rare full-length, empirically detailed and conceptually sophisticated examination of the bases of global political solidarity!It is to be hoped that this work gets the wide attention in global social movement studies that it warrants.' - Jan Aart Scholte, Acta Sociologica."
  • "Looking at anti-apartheid as part of the history of present global politics, this book provides the first comparative analysis of different sections of the transnational anti-apartheid movement. The author emphasizes the importance of a historical perspective on political cultures, social movements, and global civil society."@en

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