Social Movements: An Anthropological Reader expands on standard studies of social movements by offering a collection of writings that is exclusively anthropological in nature and global in its focus--thereby serving as an invaluable tool for instructors and students alike. * Based on fieldwork carried out on four continents -- North America, South America, Africa, and Asia -- and in 14 countries * Includes articles that address problems ranging from global health and the spread of diseases; loss of control over basic resources such as water and fuel; militarization; to the repression of indigenous peoples and of women * Offers solutions formulated by local peoples