Political Science 2211E Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Economic Liberalization, Direct Democracy, Neoliberalism

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Opposition to neoliberalism and this opposition can be traced back to the. A lot of people are starting to protest these ideas and organize cross borders. High pro le protests and demonstrations when the developed countries held annual meetings. (summit meetings: first mass protest = 1994 in madrid; 50 years is enough . Calling for the abolishment of the world bank. : a response to the notion that a few corporations/countries will maintain the world food supply. You consume as much as possible from food from your local area; locavore. Their common argument is that globalization is on balance generating wealth, development, and even democracy for the world"s poor and oppressed: the anti globalization is misplaced, there are domestic issues that should be protested. Disconnected groups of protesters: there is no common theme or thread in what they are protesting, how are these groups mobilized and how are these groups using social media/technology to protest.

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