Social Movements: An Anthropological Reader expands onstandard studies of social movements by offering a collection ofwritings that is exclusively anthropological in nature and globalin its focus-thereby serving as an invaluable tool for instructorsand students alike.

• Based on fieldwork carried out on four continents - NorthAmerica, South America, Africa, and Asia - and in 14countries
• Includes articles that address problems ranging from globalhealth and the spread of diseases; loss of control over basicresources such as water and fuel; militarization; to the repressionof indigenous peoples and of women
• Offers solutions formulated by local peoples