World Social Forum 2009
Time to Bring the WSF to the USA
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8246602 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Ponniah (Harvard University Press, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 254-260 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Societies Without Borders (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1871-8868 • E-ISSN: 1872-1915 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/187219109x447511 |
| OpenAlex | W2073332460 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
I had the opportunity to both attend the Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States and to participate in the World Social Forum hosted in Belém, Brazil. The Inaugural was attended by 1.8 million citizens, which included a notably large percentage of African-Americans, from all over the country. The World Social Forum had over 133,000 participants from around the world with a substantial number of Pan-Amazonic social movements. In both cases I witnessed a mobilized, dynamic civil sphere aspiring to a new, better society. The key to achieving another world is to bring these spheres together
Civil society · Economic growth · Economics · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Public Administration · Social and Economic Solidarity
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2016 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |