Egalitarian Politics in the Age of Globalization

MARC BLECHER Professor of Politics, Oberlin College CHRISTINE B.N. CHIN Assistant Professor of International Relations, American University, Washington, D.C. JANE DAWSON Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon JOEL KRIEGER Norma Wilentz Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College KATHERINE H.S. MOON Associate Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College WILLIAM I. ROBINSON Assistant Professor of Sociology, New Mexico State University MARK A. RUPERT Associate Professor of Political Science, Syracuse University FILOMENA CHIOMA STEADY Professor of Chair of African Studies, Wellesley College SYLVIA C. TIWON Associate Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Notes on the Contributors Introduction Globalization and the Double-Movement Hypothesis; C.N.Murphy Class, Gender, and the Politics of Neoliberal Globalization in the United States; M.A.Rupert Egalitarian Social Movements in Western Europe: Can They Survive Globalization and the EMU?; J.Krieger Latin America in an Age of Inequality: Confronting the New 'Utopia'; W.I.Robinson Engendering Change through Egalitarian Movements: The African Experience; F.C.Steady Egalitarian Responses in Postcommunist Societies: Russia and the Former Soviet Bloc; J.Dawson Nonsocial Movements and Social Nonmovements in China since 1978; M.Blecher Capital, Crisis, and Chaos: Indonesia and Malaysia in a Globalizing Era; C.B.N.Chin & S.C.Tiwon Migrant Workers' Movements in Japan and South Korea; K.H.S.Moon Conclusion: Pinpointing the Significance of Women's Empowerment, Recognizing Political Opportunities, Anticipating Transnational Coalitions; C.N.Murphy References Index