<DIV><p>“A stellar collection of essays. Indispensable reading.”—Immanuel Wallerstein, Fernand Braudel Center</p><p>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.</p><p> <b>Jai Sen</b>, an independent researcher living in New Delhi, has contributed to a number of works documenting the World Social Forum.</p><p> <b>Peter Waterman</b> worked for the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, for nearly thirty years. He is the author of <I>Globalisation, Social Movements, and the New Internationalisms</I>.</p></DIV>