Learning from Conflict
Innovative Approaches to Democratic Decision Making in the Alterglobalization Movement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2292840 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marianne Maeckelbergh (0000-0001-6474-3581, Leiden University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-40 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transforming Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1051-0559 • E-ISSN: 1548-7466 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1111/traa.12001 |
| OpenAlex | W2075086533 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article explores the role of conflict in fostering equality within the decision-making processes of the alterglobalization movement. I argue that movement actors treat conflict as constructive because it helps create “diversity.” Movement actors transform conflict from adversarial to constructive through a continuous process of decentralizing power referred to as “horizontality.” This decentralization of power is achieved through network-based decision-making structures that reject unity through agreement in favor of connections between differences. Drawing on over 8 years of ethnographic research into movement decision-making practices, I argue that these movement practices show that although diversity leads to conflict, adversarial conflict is not caused by this flow of diversity; adversarial conflict arises only when these flows are blocked. Movement practices demonstrate that conflict can be productive if it is given space for expression
Aesthetics · Democracy · Movement (music · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |