: communication and social change Dutta, Mohan J creator Dutta, Mohan J text USA America : Purdue University Press ©2012 monographic eng

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xviii, 325 pages 24cm. This book re-presents voices of resistance from across the globe to document the communicative processes, practices, and frameworks through which neoliberal global policies are currently being defied. Based on examples, case studies, and ethnographic reports, Voices of Resistance serves as a space for engaging various perspectives from the global margins in dialogue. The emphasis of the book is on the core idea that creating spaces for listening to voices of resistance fosters openings for the politics of social change?interweaving the stories of the local, the national, and the global. The book is divided into chapters addressing the politics of resistance in the contexts of global economic policies, agriculture, education, health, poverty, and development Introduction: voices of resistance -- Resisting global economic policies -- Agriculture: voices of resistance -- Resistance, social change, and the environment -- Social change and politics -- Resistance, development, and social change -- Epilogue: voices in motion. / Mohan J Dutta Social Science Social problems & social services Social problems & services Communication in social action Communication -- Political aspects Mass media -- Political aspects Social change POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare 361.2014 DUT 9781557536279 :Segment Book Distributors :22, Prakash Deep 1st Floor Delhi Medical Association Road Daryaganj New Delhi 190702 20190702145450.0