World Social Forum – Challenging Empires

"A stellar collection of essays. Indispensable reading."--Immanuel Wallerstein, Fernand Braudel Center

This comprehensive volume provides a glimpse into the wide-ranging discussions, debates, and arguments that have gone into making the World Social Forum (WSF) one of the more prominent platforms of alternative ideas and practices in the present world.

Jai Sen, an independent researcher living in New Delhi, has contributed to a number of works documenting the World Social Forum.

Peter Waterman worked for the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, for nearly thirty years. He is the author of "Globalisation, Social Movements, and the New Internationalisms."