ALTER

GLOBALIZATION

Nymul Hakim Seemanto

Alter Globalization

Alter-globalization (also known as alternative

globalization, alter-mundialization—from the French

"alter-mondialisation"—or the global justice

movement) is the name of a social

movement whose proponents support global

cooperation and interaction, but oppose what they

describe as the negative effects of economic

globalization, feeling that it often works to the

detriment of, or does not adequately promote,

human values such as environmental and climate

protection, economic justice, labor

protection, protection of indigenous

cultures, peace and civil liberties.

Encouraging informal movement.

Ensuring Basic rights ,Environmental

protection & sustainable development.

Anti corporatist.

Some government Control.

CRITERIA

History

Factors historically provoking economic integration and

resistance –

The Great Depression.

The period of European colonialism.

The early post World War II period.

The 1970s, when Southern governments banded together to

pose alternative rules and institutions and when popular

resistance to different aspects of economic integration spread

in many nations.

History

The short history of the alter-globalization movement

can be divided into four periods :-

• The 1990s: The Formation of a Worldwide Movement.

• 2001-2005: Social Forums Become the Heart of the

Movement.

• 2006-2010: A New Geography.

• Since 2011: A New Generation.

Typology

Geoffrey Pleyers:

""alter-globalization" activists divide into three distinct currents about the way forward.

1. The local approach:- The first current of the alter-globalizationmovement) considers that instead of getting involved in a globalmovement and international forums, the path to social change liesthrough giving life to horizontal, participatory and sustainable values indaily practices, personal life and local spaces.

2. The advocacy approach:- The second current of the movementbelieves that the way forward lies through efficient single-issuenetworks able to develop coherent arguments in areas such as foodsovereignty and developing-world debt.

3. The state approach:- The third current of the movement holds thatprogressive public policies implemented by state leaders andinstitutions are the key to achieving broad social change.

The alter-globalist movement represents an importantreflection of the contemporary world which came aboutin the 1980’s as the result of a process of questioningand protest, and gave birth to the idea that AnotherWorld is Possible. Alter-globalists do not necessarilyoppose the free market, but a subset of free-marketpractices characterized by certain business attitudesand political policies that often lead to violations ofhuman rights

By opposing the perverse effects of theneoliberal globalization, the alter-globalistmovement aims at promoting human values such asenvironmental and climate protection, economicjustice, labor protection, protection of indigenouscultures and human rights.

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