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Making Sense of Contemporary Social Movements

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In this chapter, an analysis of contemporary social movements is provided. This is achieved by addressing the concerns and demands expressed by their members, along with the challenges these movements have faced in resisting domination. The aim is to draw some important implications for the conceptualization of resistance under the neoliberal age.

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    See Chap. 12 for a discussion of the role played by economic rationality in the transmutation of values.

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    Charles Masquelier

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Masquelier, C. (2017). Making Sense of Contemporary Social Movements. In: Critique and Resistance in a Neoliberal Age. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-40194-6_15

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