Overview
- Provides the first historical and comparative study of the ‘transnational activist’
- Incorporates detailed historical case studies with a response by a leading sociologist
- Offers an historical response to the work of sociologists and political scientists
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements (PSHSM)
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This book provides the first historical and comparative study of the ‘transnational activist’. A range of important recent scholarship has considered the rise of global social movements, the presence of transnational networks, and the transfer or diffusion of political techniques. Much of this writing has registered the pivotal role of ‘transnational’ or ‘global’ activists. However, if the significance of the ‘transnational activist’ is now routinely acknowledged, then the history of this actor is still something of a mystery. Most commentators have associated the figure with contemporary history. Hence much of the debate around ‘transnational activism’ is ahistorical, and claims for novelty are not often based on developed historical comparison. As this volume argues, it is possible to identify the ‘transnational activist’ in earlier decades and even centuries. But when did this figure first appear? What are the historical conditions that nurtured its emergence? What are the principal moments in the development of the transnational activist? And do the transnational activists of the Internet age differ in number or nature from those of earlier years? These historical questions will be at the heart of this volume.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Reviews
“This volume is an inspiring read not only for those specifically interested in social activism but also for those who want to learn more about the historical attempts, possibilities and limitations to change the world.” (Clemens Six, Connections, September 14, 2019)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Stefan Berger is Professor of Social History and Director of the Institute for Social Movements at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. He is also Executive Chair of the Foundation History of the Ruhr and an Honorary Professor at Cardiff University in the UK. Together with Holger Nehring he has published The History of Social Movements in Global Perspective, (2017).
Sean Scalmer is Associate Professor in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia. His books include Gandhi in the West: The Mahatma and the Rise of Radical Protest, (2011) and On the Stump: Campaign Oratory and Democracy in the United States, Britain and Australia (2017).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Transnational Activist
Book Subtitle: Transformations and Comparisons from the Anglo-World since the Nineteenth Century
Editors: Stefan Berger, Sean Scalmer
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66206-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-66205-3Published: 19 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88195-9Published: 01 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-66206-0Published: 28 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2634-6559
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6567
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 364
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations
Topics: Modern History, World History, Global and Transnational History, Social History