SOSC 1430 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Structural Adjustment, Occupy Movement, Xenophobia
3 Oct 2016
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Also looked at how some 3rd world countries used the state. In both cases, some successes and failure. Efforts from ordinary citizens to challenge ideas about development proposed by transnational institutions (indigenous groups, women"s group, etc. ) Mobilizing against policies of government that are not in the interests of the poor - common theme in emergence of these movements. Challenging power relations, promote new principles and ethical ideas of development (last week fair trade movement) Principles of fair trade - ethics, justice, equality. Earlier (1980s) against imf, governments, corporations - now same processes, different perspectives. No one agrees on a single de nition various scholarly approaches. Social movements can be both progressive and regressive; not necessarily the good guys . Some are reactionary and conservative (think about skinhead, neo-nazis, tea party, xenophobic, etc. ) Organized collective efforts seeking to change (or to resist change) in some major aspect of society . Enter into con ictual relations with clearly identi ed opponents.
