Introduction

States and Social Movements in the Modern World-System

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ID12433643
AuthorsMangala Subramaniam (0000-0002-8618-8977, Purdue University West Lafayette, corresponding author)
Year2015
Pages1-7
Publication date2015-02-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of World-Systems Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1076-156X • E-ISSN: 1076-156X
PublisherUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgh (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5195/jwsr.2015.525
OpenAlexW2215504314
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited14

The mark of the modern world is the imagination of its profiteers and the counterassertiveness of the oppressed. Exploitation and the refusal to accept exploitation as either inevitable or just constitute the continuing antinomy of the modern era, joined together in a dialectic which has far from reached its climax in the twentieth century. (Wallerstein 1976: 233) Protest, struggle, and the urge for equality are as old as constnctmg structures such as caste hierarchy, inequality of power, wealth, and knowledge. Social movement theorists argue that movements, protests, and struggles are legitimate expressions of popular interests and attempt to explain why, when, and how people protest and make claims. Protests and challenges to inequalities have been visible in discourse and movement activities all over the world. Efforts to challenge structural inequities also reveal the complex locations of different groups, particularly in the context of the current trends in globalization. While some attempts have been made to expand the contemporary social movement scholarship in the United States to include international cases, the field remains fragmented. At the same time, an increasing number of U.S.-based scholars are now interested in movement dynamics across countries and contexts

Political science · World Systems and Global Transformations

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