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Economic Development Through Social Movements

In: Not Paying the Rent

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  • Edgar Federzoni dos Santos

    (Leipzig University
    University of Vienna)

  • Neil Wilcock

    (Leipzig University)

Abstract

The global diffusion of liberal ideals of equality and justice, along with the reach of social media as a tool for protest, is emboldening minority and single-interest politics. The social movements gaining prominence off the back of emboldened minority and single-interest politics should strive to achieve economic empowerment as part of their mobilisation. Historical examples illustrate that social inclusion can produce the same effects as the injection of new resources into the economy. For example, the Civil Rights Movement in the US fought against a series of inherent discriminations towards black Americans. What began with acquiring basic human rights generated increased access and incomes in the labour market and ultimately to a more robust consumer market for all.

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  • Edgar Federzoni dos Santos & Neil Wilcock, 2021. "Economic Development Through Social Movements," Springer Books, in: Neil Wilcock & Edgar Federzoni dos Santos (ed.), Not Paying the Rent, chapter 0, pages 167-180, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-78861-2_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-78861-2_13
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