Alter-globalization
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Alter-globalization refers to a large spectrum of global social movements that support new forms of globalization and that urge that values of democracy, justice, environmental protection, and human rights be put ahead of purely economic... more
Since 2008, the impact of the global financial markets meltdown, often attributed to the downturn in sub-prime mortgage industry in advanced Western economies, have resulted in worldwide deterioration of living standards, mass... more
The purpose of this paper is two-fold. First, is to provide an empirical analysis of the implementation of economic reforms in the areas of privatization, trade liberalization, and public expenditure priorities, using the Washington... more
After providing a brief overview of the global justice movement history, this article analyzes the main argument raised by its activists to oppose the neoliberal ideology, as notably asserted by the shifts in the discourses of some G20... more
The latest economic crisis has forced many organizations to look very closely at their financing, operations, marketing and strategy. Recessions are certainly a sobering period for many people, requiring changes in habitual spending and... more
I succesfully defended my PhD dissertation on May 24 2013. You can find the preface of the thesis here
Uneven distribution of resources and unequal access to power in the current phase of postcolonial late capitalism has spurred a range of critical discourses globally that has led to the formation of “transnational counterpublic spheres”.... more
"Alter-Globalization / The Global Justice Movement From Bangalore to Seattle, Porto Alegre, Copenhagen and Dakar, citizens, indigenous, farmers, intellectuals and dalits have contested globalization in its neoliberal form, proposed... more
F*ck May 68, Fight Now: Exploring the Uses of the Radical Past from 1968 to Today Session 1: History is a Weapon June 8, 2018 Department of History, University of Liverpool... more
"""How does a revolt come about and what does it leave behind? What impact does it have on those who participate in it and those who simply watch it? Is the Greek revolt of December 2008 confined to the shores of the Mediterranean, or are... more
This article is a manifesto for anarchist geographies, which are understood as kaleidoscopic spatialities that allow for multiple, non-hierarchical, and protean connections between autonomous entities, wherein solidarities, bonds, and... more
How does the massive use of social media in contemporary protests affect the character of activist communication? Moving away from the conceptualization of social media as tools, this research explores how activist social media... more
For around fifteen years now, anthropology has been engaged in the study of neoliberalism. What contribution does the discipline have to make to a debate largely monopolized by economics and political science? To answer this question, the... more
This article seeks to provide a critical analysis of the alter-globalisation movement as a potential 'postmodern Prince' as advanced by Stephen Gill. The article proposes that the social forces aligned under the rubric of alter-globalism... more
Gregory Bateson said that we are ‘governed by epistemologies that we know to be wrong’ back in 1972. In the same book Bateson wrote: 'the organism that destroys its environment destroys itself.’ Almost forty years later global ecological... more
Contrairement aux modèles classiques du développement des mouvements sociaux, l’altermondialisme n’a pas globalement évolué vers une institutionnalisation de ses associations et de ses événements. Sa structure organisationnelle reste... more
Centred around Antonio Gramsci’s concept of hegemony, this paper employs a critical globalization theory framework to argue that the 1990s notion of ‘changing the world from below’, understood as resistance to capitalist globalization... more
Written in the wake of the financial meltdown of 2008, this talk approaches John Maynard Keynes's seminal thought on expectations by way of the faith of his teacher in economics, Alfred Marshall.
Love has been theorized as a way to rebuild fractured communities, and a potential way to overcome differences on the political Left. However, might it be dangerous to invest so much potential in the power of love? In this paper, I... more
Статья посвящена анализу отношений различных групп интеллектуалов арабского мира к процессу глобализации, положительным и отрицательным аспектам данного процесса и возможности альтернативы. The article is devoted to the analysis of... more
TABLE DES MATIÈRES INTRODUCTION Répression policière et mouvements sociaux par Francis Dupuis-Déri CHAPITRE PREMIER Les effets du 11 septembre 2001 sur le mouvement altermondialiste par Jean-Pierre Masse et Nathalie Bayon... more