Globalization from Below: Toward a Democratic Global Commonwealth
Journal Title: Journal of Globalization Studies - Year 2010, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
This essay presents a model of the structures and processes of the modern world-system and proposes a project to transform the system into a democratic and collectively rational global commonwealth. Popular transnational social movements are challenging the ideological hegemony of corporate capitalism. The global women’s movement, the labor movement, environmentalists and indigenous movements are attempting to form strong alliances that can challenge the domination of an emerging transnational capitalist class. This essay argues that new democratic socialist states in the semiperiphery will be crucial allies and sources of support for the antisystemic movements.
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Christopher Chase-Dunn
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