Contradictions and crises of neoliberal–imperial globalization and the political opportunity structures for the Global Justice Movements |
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Authors: | Ulrich Brand |
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Institution: | Institute of Political Science , University of Vienna , Universit?tsstrasse 7/2, A-1010 , Vienna , Austria |
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Abstract: | The Global Justice Movements emerged in the context of the contradictions and crisis of neoliberal–imperial globalization and the critique of it. They therefore express and provide a basis for the politicization of the negative consequences of post-Fordism and its crisis. This article examines the structural changes of the last 30 years from a Gramscian perspective of neoliberal globalization as a “passive revolution” and as the deepening of a “imperial mode of living” at a global scale. It is argued that examining structural changes helps us to understand why protest and social movements re-emerged around the year 2000. The article discusses some central features of the Global Justice Movements by focusing on the international Attac movement and the recent Occupy movement. |
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Keywords: | neoliberal globalization imperial mode of living hegemony and counter-hegemony Global Justice Movements Attac Occupy movement |
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