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Is Another World Possible?

Is Another World Possible?. Alternatives to Globalization Proposed by the Global Justice Movement (Research Proposal). Purpose of the Study. To reconstruct globalization via its critique and alternatives provided by what is often called the Global Justice Movement

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Is Another World Possible?

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  1. Is Another World Possible? Alternatives to Globalization Proposed by the Global Justice Movement (Research Proposal)

  2. Purpose of the Study • To reconstruct globalization via its critique and alternatives provided by what is often called the Global Justice Movement • To synthesize various theoretical perspectives on globalization, namely postmodernism and political economy.

  3. Research Question • What alternatives to globalization are being proposed by the Global Justice Movement? • Is there a consensus in the movement regarding the direction the globalization process should take?

  4. Significance of the Study • If social movements operating under the umbrella of the Global Justice Movement are to be called a “global movement,” they have to combine their postmodern foundations of ‘particular’ and ‘local,’ with a global dimension of a ‘normative’ global order.

  5. Research Design • Two steps: • 1: Conceptual/Qualitative: Analyzing manifestos circulating within the movement • 2 Quantitative/Survey

  6. Level of change • Global level: • Changes in the global political economy • International and • Multilateral Agreements • International organizations • Global Norms and Taxes • Global Priorities • Local Level: • Decentralization of power • Regionalization and localization • Community Control • Subsidiarity

  7. Paradigms of change • Reformist: • The first paradigm involves the choice to work in the system of globalization, which we feel we are trapped in. If we do work within that system, we begin by asking: ‘Are the rules of the game fair, particularly to the weaker partners, or are they being twisted and manipulated by the strong partners in order to keep the weaker countries down?’ … In the first paradigm, we will be working and arguing within the parameters of the system and trying to tinker with it. … And this may be an approach pragmatic people will take who are involved in, say, survival for the next five years or ten years. (Khor, 2002)

  8. Paradigms of change • Radical • Deep systemic changes challenging the very course of globalization including free trade, economic growth and capitalism. This paradigm favors subsistence, localization, and community.

  9. Selecting the texts • Criteria for proposals and programs used in this study: • Author’s knowledge and judgment • Size and constituency of groups delivering proposals • Link to the WSF and global network • Attention gained within the movement • Scope of the proposals • Attempts at representing consensus within the movement • Peer debriefing: feedback from movement participants

  10. Survey • Based on analysis of the texts and my conceptual categories, I will construct a questionnaire and distribute it among various groups involved in the movement. • Distribute via e-mail and mail

  11. THANK YOU

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