Social Movements, the Poor and the New Politics of the Americ... - 9781032928982

Social Movements, the Poor and the New Politics of the AmericasAuthor(s): Hvard Haarstad, Mark Amen, Asuncion Lera St Clair\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032928982, 978-1032928982\nSynopsis\nHvard Haarstad is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Geography, University of Bergen. He has worked extensively on the political economy of natural resource extraction, and the role of social movements, civil society and labor unions in politicizing extraction.\n\nMark Amen is graduate program director in the Department of Government and International Affairs at the University of South Florida/Tampa and Deputy Editor of Globalizations. His current research is on urban indebtedness and the global economy.\n\nAsuncion Lera St Clair, philosopher and sociologist is Research Director at the Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research in Oslo-CICERO and Associated Senior Researcher with Chr. Mic.