Occupy Wall Street, the Global Crisis, and Antisystemic Movements

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ID12433965
AuthorsThomas Ehrlich Reifer (0009-0006-5506-9744, University of San Diego, corresponding author)
Year2013
Pages186-192
Publication date2013-08-26
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.2013.493
OpenAlexW2182008120
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

The ancient discussion about the purposes of wealth and the conflict between oligarchy- rule of the rich - and democracy- the rule of the demos/the people comes to the fore once again within the current systemic crisis, from the Arab Spring to the Occupy protests, to the Arab Fall. Even as counterrevolution and growing regional and global turbulence - political, economic and military - appear to be triumphing over the new wave of democratic revolutions and rebellions, at least in the Arab world, with the threat of regional and global conflagration all too real, the underlying structural causes reality of a militarized capitalist world-system in deep crisis will ensure continued waves of antisystemic protests for years to come

Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Oligarchy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Economic Theory and Institutions · Law

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