Cox, Laurence and Esteves, Ann Margarida and Motta, Sara (2009) Issue two editorial: "Civil society" versus social movements. Interface: a journal for and about social movements, 1 (2). pp. 1-21.

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As we write this editorial, ANC-backed thugs have installed what can best be described as paramilitary law in townships whose population has dared to organise outside of local clientelist structures – with the support of much of the institutional left and international NGO community. In Thailand, "civil society" activists are in alliance with the military junta in opposition to the movements of the poor (Ungpakorn, this issue). In Ireland, a Green Party minister justifies the dismissal of cases taken against police officers involved in the brutal policing of marginal communities opposing a gas pipeline. In India, Communist parties send police, military and paramilitary groups against tribal groups opposing similar dispossession by multinationals.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Civil society; social movements;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Item ID:	1690
Depositing User:	Dr. Laurence Cox
Date Deposited:	27 Nov 2009 11:01
Journal or Publication Title:	Interface: a journal for and about social movements
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Organisation
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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