Communication Rights and Global Justice: Reflections on transnational mobilizations

The present volume offers historical perspectives on social mobilizations related to communication, information and culture as human rights (part I and II) in order to put contemporary mobilizations (part III) in perspective. It does so through an intergenerational and multi-vocal dialogue: different generations of scholars, activists and practitioners who have been engaged with mobilizations at different times, present their views; some adopting a more academic style, others reflecting autobiographically on personal experiences. In line with recent analyses that reflect awareness of the global dimension of contemporary social mobilizations around communication, the book aims at showing that locally-grounded mobilizations have been active in different geographical and cultural contexts for a long time: by moving beyond the prominent focus on the North American context that can be found in most studies in the field, the book aims at acknowledging the plural geo-cultural roots that compose what have in recent years become transnational mobilizations (part II on regional roots of mobilizations). Finally, the book intends to clarify the language and conceptual frames that accompany mobilizations also by positioning historically aware contributions in the transformed context in which mobilizations occur today - global, digitally mediated, multi-actors transnational policy making – and reflecting on new and transformed challenges (section III).