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Globalisation and environmental resistance politics

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Based on extensive fieldwork in Eastern Asia, an epicentre of globalisation, and Southern Africa, a key node in the most marginalised continent, this cross-regional study asks: what constitutes resistance to neoliberal globalisation? An ecological reading of master theorists of resistance, especially Polanyi, focuses attention on protectionist movements as a response to the spread and deepening of the market—solid patterns and cumulative action—and to a lesser degree, on the soft, or latent, forms of protest that may or may not sufficiently harden so as eventually to challenge globalising structures. Attention is given to submerged forms of resistance within civil society insofar as they are emerging into networks. The empirical evidence includes interviews designed to elicit the voices of the subjects of globalisation engaged in environmental resistance politics. Counter-globalisation strategies are identified, and the impact of countervailing forces is assessed.

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  • James H Mittelman, 1998. "Globalisation and environmental resistance politics," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(5), pages 847-872, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:19:y:1998:i:5:p:847-872
    DOI: 10.1080/01436599814064
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