Non-Governmental Public Action and Social Justice - by J Howell (Hardcover)

About the Book

"The Arab Spring put non-governmental public action centre-stage in the drive for greater social justice. Governments, politicians and international institutions increasingly court non-governmental public actors, engaging them in policy dialogue, inviting them to participate in the delivery of social services, and looking to them to re-invigorate democratic politics. This unique collection explores the different organizational forms, strategies and tactics that activists adopt to pursue social justice goals and analyses how histories of resistance impinge on contemporary activism in both positive and negative ways. The authors examine how established corporatist trades unions struggle to reform as new forms of labour resistance challenge their legitimacy and proximity to government. They analyse how non-governmental public actors negotiate various 'civil society dilemmas' that emerge in the new spaces for collaboration opened up by government, focusing particularly on threats to their values, autonomy and legitimacy. They also explore the efforts of non-governmental public actors to secure greater justice in the sphere of production and distribution, be that through co-operatives or through consumer rights activism around access to essential drugs."--Publisher's website.

Book Synopsis

This unique collection explores the different organizational forms, strategies and tactics that activists adopt. The authors examine how established trades unions struggle to reform, how non-governmental public actors negotiate various dilemmas, and the efforts of non-governmental public actors to secure justice.

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About the Author

Anne Alexander, University of Cambridge, UK Johnston Birchall, University of Stirling, UK Georgina Blanco-Mancilla, El Colegio de San Luis, Mexico Sudip Chaudhuri, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India Ana Cecilia Dinerstein, University of Bath, UK Joanna Howard, University of the West of England, UK Jude Howell, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Meri Koivusalo, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland Maureen Mackintosh, Open University, UK Nora McNamara, Congregational Development Officer, Dublin, Ireland Chris Miller, Flinders University, Australia Stephen Morse, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK Phares Mujinja, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania Tim Pringle, School of Oriental And African Studies, UK Richard Simmons, University of Stirling, UK Marilyn Taylor, University of the West of England, UK