The Marketing of Rebellion
Insurgents, Media, and International Activism

This book rejects dominant views that needy political movements readily gain help from nongovernmental organizations.

Clifford Bob (Author)

9780521845700, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 6 June 2005

256 pages, 2 maps 2 tables
23.8 x 15.8 x 2.6 cm, 0.462 kg

'One of the best recent books on culture and politics …' James Jasper, Sociological Forum

How do a few Third World political movements become global causes célèbres, while most remain isolated? This book rejects dominant views that needy groups readily gain help from selfless nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Instead, they face a Darwinian struggle for scarce resources where support goes to the savviest, not the neediest. Examining Mexico's Zapatista rebels and Nigeria's Ogoni ethnic group, the book draws critical conclusions about social movements, NGOs, and 'global civil society'.

1. Insurgent groups and the quest for overseas support
2. Power, exchange, and marketing
3. From ethnic to environmental conflict: Nigeria's Ogoni movement
4. The making of an anti-globalization icon: Mexico's Zapatista uprising
5. Transnational marketing and world politics.

Subject Areas: Media, information & communication industries [KNT], Comparative politics [JPB]