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1 online resource (263 pages) |
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Contemporary African Politics Ser |
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Contemporary African Politics Ser
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction: uneven resistance in the context of uneven capitalist development; Why another book on resistance?; Uneven neoliberal globalisation and uneven 'globalisation-from-below'; Asking tough questions: why the subalterns resist; A peek at the book's contents; Notes; References; 1 Subalterns, injustice, and resistance; The subaltern classes; Injustice: sources of agency and resistance of subaltern classes; Political agency of the subalterns: why material injustices are not enough |
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Non-economic sources of the agency of subalterns: democracy and nationalismDemocracy; Nationalism; Resistance: militant and non-militant; Note; References; 2 The social-historical approach to agency: 'pessimism of the intellect and optimism of the will'; Comparing Ghana and Bolivia: the comparative-historical sociological methodology; Note; References; 3 Why the subalterns resist: the cosmo-materialism of the global anti-neoliberalism resistance movement; The cosmo-materialist approach; Why do the subalterns resist? |
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The dialectics of neoliberal globalisation: the counter-currents of identity politics to global anti-neoliberalismThe socio-historical alternative to cosmo-materialism; References; 4 The rebellious subalterns in Bolivia: socio-historical dynamics of the Bolivian model of anti-neoliberalism; Spanish colonialism, social transformation, and the culture of resistance in Bolivia; 'Internal colonialism' and neo-feudalism in Bolivia; Historical sketch of the rebellious subalterns in Bolivia: the pre-neoliberalism resistance; Neoliberalism era resistance |
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Reformism of a socialist revolution in Bolivia?Notes; References; 5 Subaltern agency and resistance in the social-historical context of the Gold Coast; The socio-historical context of the Gold Coast and the intolerable injustices that made the subalterns angry; The economic element of the socio-historical context of the Gold Coast; The political element of the social context of the Gold Coast; Resistance from 'below' in the Gold Coast; Other militant acts of resistance in the Gold Coast; Militant resistance in other parts of Africa; Note; References; 6 Neoliberalism and resistance in Ghana |
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Neoliberalism arrives and stays in Ghana for over three decadesMixed results of neoliberalism in Ghana; Material injustices of neoliberalism; Resistance in the era of neoliberalism in Ghana; The elephant in the room; Resistance from 'above'; The Alliance for Change (AFC) resistance; CAP of water resistance; The Committee for Joint Action (CJA) resistance; The Concerned Ghanaians for Responsible Governance (CGRG) and Occupy Ghana Resistance; Resistance against the Plant Breeders Bill; Identity and party-tribal resistance from 'below'; Identity-based subaltern resistance |
| Summary |
As bearers of their own emancipation, the political agency of the subaltern classes is a vexed question, a time-honoured one at that. Why do the subalterns endure injustices without revolting most of the time, but revolt sometimes against some injustices? The euphoria of 'globalisation-from-below', this book argues, skirts responsibility of addressing this question by presuming a groundswell of resistance across the world against neoliberal globalisation. In contrast to this oeuvre, Neoliberal Globalisation and Resistance from Below engages this question squarely by using the socio-historical approach to explain why the subalterns resist neoliberal globalisation in Bolivia and not in Ghana. The author urges scholars of critical political economy to pay greater attention to why the subalterns resist, rather than how they resist, or what the ideal end of their resistance should be. Such refocusing of the research and political lens will yield a more realistic picture of what is politically possible in the social context of peripheral capitalism regarding an anti-capitalist revolution. The author further argues that this refocusing will cure many of the romantic anti-capitalist claims and banal wishful thinking of a socialist revolution in peripheral capitalist regions such as Latin American, The Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Sub-Saharan Africa. Neoliberal Globalisation and Resistance from Below will be of interest to students and scholars of African politics, neoliberalism, globalisation, political economy and subaltern politics |
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Party-tribal resistance by the subalterns |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Neoliberalism.
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Government, Resistance to -- Ghana
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Government, Resistance to -- Bolivia
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Government, Resistance to.
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Neoliberalism.
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Bolivia.
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Ghana.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317089056 |
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1317089057 |
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