Title:Global Movements in Local Struggles: Findings on the Social Forum Process in Italy
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; MOSCA, LorenzoDate:2012Type of Publication:Contribution to bookSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:This chapter addresses the developments of local social forums in Italy. It looks especially at their network structures, faming and repertoires of action, as well as their consequences on the Italian social movement sector.
Title:Searching the net: Websites’ qualities in the Global Justice Movement
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; MOSCA, LorenzoDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Notwithstanding a growing interest in online politics, the analysis of web sites’ qualities by social movement organizations (SMOs) has received little attention in social research. In creating their sites, SMOs often ...
Title:The Global Justice Movement in Italy
Author(s):REITER, Herbert; ANDRETTA, Massimiliano; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; MOSCA, LorenzoDate:2007Type of Publication:Contribution to book
Title:Global Democracy and the World Social Forum
Author(s):SMITH, Jakie; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; MOSCA, Lorenzo; [et al.]Date:2007Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Preface and Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1 Globalization and the Emergence of the World Social Forums
2 What is the World Social Forums?
3 Who Participates in the World Social ...
Title:In movimento: 'contamination' in action and the Italian global justice movement
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; MOSCA, LorenzoDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this article we explore the process of `contamination' (namely cross-fertilization) in the development of the Global Justice Movement in Italy during the 1990s. We focus on two specific organizational sectors of this ...
Title:A Double-Faced Medium? The challenges and opportunities of the Internet for social movements
Author(s):MOSCA, LorenzoDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:While most of the literature focusing on the Internet and politics tends to assess the positive contribution of Computer-Mediated Communication to political processes, this paper stresses both positive and negative ...
Title:Ricercando nella rete: stili democratici dei siti web del movimento per una giustizia globale
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; MOSCA, LorenzoDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Notwithstanding a growing interest on online politics in social research, Internet use for making social movements more democratic received little attention. When social movement organizations (SMOs) create their websites, ...
