Another world is possible : popular alternatives to globalization at the World Social Forum / by Fisher, William F., 1951-, Ponniah, Thomas, 1966-

A Comunicação do Fórum Social Mundial by WEBER, Maria Helena

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Anarchism in the Web of Transnational Social Movements by Christopher Chase-Dunn, John Aldecoa, Ian Breckenridge-Jackson, Joel S. Herrera

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Movimientos sociales en red, usos de Internet y ciudadanía universal de las migraciones transnacionales: análisis del Foro Social Mundial de las Migraciones by Denise Cogo, Lara Nasi

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Género y Foro Social Mundial (FSM): Análisis de los Feminismos en el Altermundismo / Gender and World Social Forum (WSF): Feminisms analysis into the Alterglobalism by Lorena García Saiz

“…Only then will take steps to ensure that gender is «capillary», and vertebral key element to create a more just and equal world. Keywords: World Social Forum, Postcolonial Feminism, wicking, global justice, equality, social movements. …”
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Science and the values of popular movements A ciência e os valores dos movimentos populares by Marcos Barbosa de Oliveira

“…First an overall view is provided of Lacey’s ideas concerning science in its relation with the values of popular movements, and of the World Social Forum. Then, as an exercise in the building of conceptual bridges betweeen philosophical and political discourses about science, an analysis is provided of a speech delivered by Brazil’s new minister for science and technology in the occasion of his taking office.…”
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Reciprocity and redistribution in an Economy of Solidarity (Reciprocidad y redistribución en una economía solidaria) by María Eugenia Santana E.

“…The first part of the text summarizes the historical circumstances of the emergence of civil society organizations in Latin America, whose various alternative initiatives came together in the so-called World Social Forum since the year 2000. The second part explains the proposal of the Economy of Solidarity as part of that movement by highlighting the role of the gift culture, and the concepts of reciprocity and redistribution, which are defined in detail due to their relevance in the alternatives to capitalism. …”
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Professor Alex Callinicos by Ali Saqer

“…Alex has been an active contributor to the development of the movement for another globalization, participating in the World Social Forum and an animator of the European Social Forum. …”
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Qualidade de ensino e gênero nas políticas educacionais contemporâneas na América Latina Educational quality and gender in contemporary educational policies in Latin America by Nelly P. Stromquist

“…<br>This article examines the concept of educational quality in the context of major global and regional policies proposed by international financial agencies such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, world-wide agreements such as those envisioned by Education for All and the Millennium Development goals, and global civil society as the World Social Forum and the World Education Forum. Content analysis of the discourse of these distinct and influential groups reveals that quality is defined and measured exclusively in cognitive terms and reduced to two basic skills: math and reading. …”
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L’ethos collectif des altermondialistes dans les forums sociaux mondiaux by Azzedine Kadir

“…Born in the late nineties, the world social forums are today spread all over the world, especially in the USA, in the countries of South America and in Africa. …”
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