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Building Dignified Worlds investigates social movements that do not simply protest but actively forge functional alternatives. Gerda Roelvink takes actor network and performativity theories of action as starting points for thinking about how contemporary collectives bring the new into being.



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"A fantastic contribution to contemporary post-structuralist geographic thought that elaborates new politics of social change."—Marianna Pavlovskaya, Hunter College, SUNY

"Building Dignified Worlds is a lively and inspiring book that journeys among collectives who invent and experiment with new forms of economic organizations."—Michel Callon, École des mines de Paris


"Roelvink’s writing effortlessly carries the reader from beginning to end."—Environment & Planning D: Society and Space



Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction: Geographies of Collective Action
1. The Discontents of Knowing Neoliberalism
2. Spatializing Economic Concerns
3. Affective Collective Action
4. Transforming Markets
5. Dignified Humanity, Dignified World
Conclusion: Doing Research Together
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Building Dignified Worlds

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      Publisher University of Minnesota Press
      Published 22 March 2016
      ISBN-13 9780816683178
      978-0816683178
      ISBN-10 0816683174
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      Economic theory and philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Building Dignified Worlds investigates social movements that do not simply protest but actively forge functional alternatives. Gerda Roelvink takes actor network and performativity theories of action as starting points for thinking about how contemporary collectives bring the new into being.



      Trade Review

      "A fantastic contribution to contemporary post-structuralist geographic thought that elaborates new politics of social change."—Marianna Pavlovskaya, Hunter College, SUNY

      "Building Dignified Worlds is a lively and inspiring book that journeys among collectives who invent and experiment with new forms of economic organizations."—Michel Callon, École des mines de Paris


      "Roelvink’s writing effortlessly carries the reader from beginning to end."—Environment & Planning D: Society and Space



      Table of Contents

      Contents
      Introduction: Geographies of Collective Action
      1. The Discontents of Knowing Neoliberalism
      2. Spatializing Economic Concerns
      3. Affective Collective Action
      4. Transforming Markets
      5. Dignified Humanity, Dignified World
      Conclusion: Doing Research Together
      Acknowledgments
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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