Organizing at the Margins: Theorizing Organizations of Struggle in the Global South

This edited volume explores economic and cultural injustices in the global South and the social imaginaries articulated by vulnerable communities in extractive zones. It critiques neoliberalism, coloniality, and social justice, and discusses resistance ideas such as invisible histories, hybrid collective action, self-determination, and indigenous sovereignty. The chapters cover various locations, including feminist movements, Palestinian struggles, and reproductive labor, and highlight the decolonial potential of Black Lives Matter. The book offers emancipatory essays for scholars and policymakers to interrogate organizational issues in the neoliberal economy.

Format: Hardback
Length: 301 pages
Publication date: 18 June 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This edited collection delves into intricate facets of economic and cultural injustices prevalent in the global South, as well as the social imaginaries articulated by vulnerable communities residing in these extractive zones. These organizations of struggle by disenfranchised members in the global South serve as a collective source of knowledge, aimed at decolonizing organizational theory and envisioning a more just world.

The essays in this volume critically examine and intersect the meanings of "organizations" in the context of neoliberalism, coloniality, and social justice. Scholars engage with various ideas of resistance, including invisible histories in management theory, hybrid collective action, self-determination, and indigenous sovereignty, as well as decolonizing institutions. The chapters also explore a diverse range of locations, such as feminist movements in Latin America, the struggles of Palestinians in self-exile to reconnect with their homeland, and reproductive labor in Sri Lanka, while also examining the decolonial potential of Black Lives Matter in the United States and insights into organizing resistance in parts of Asia and Africa.

For scholars and policymakers, this book offers emancipatory essays that critically interrogate the cultural, social, political, and historical issues surrounding organizations within the framework of the neoliberal economy.

Weight: 491g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031229923
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023