A study of social responses and repercussions in the world-system
(2011) SANK01 20102Social Anthropology
- Abstract
- This thesis shows how globalization creates disenfranchisment. Through a world-system perspective and an alternate view on globalization as social reproduction, it explores how people get disenfranchised by exposing the relationship between psychosocial expression and politico-economic structures. Disenfranchisment is regarded on a deeper ontological level than mere loss of the possiblity to affect outcomes. It deals with lived realities and perception of the social world. Two cases will be presented, the Zapatista rebellion and the Swedish Democrats to concretize the theoretical stance. The Zapatista rebellion and the Swedish Democrats represent two different positions in the current world-system. The Zaptistas being in the periphery and... (More)
- This thesis shows how globalization creates disenfranchisment. Through a world-system perspective and an alternate view on globalization as social reproduction, it explores how people get disenfranchised by exposing the relationship between psychosocial expression and politico-economic structures. Disenfranchisment is regarded on a deeper ontological level than mere loss of the possiblity to affect outcomes. It deals with lived realities and perception of the social world. Two cases will be presented, the Zapatista rebellion and the Swedish Democrats to concretize the theoretical stance. The Zapatista rebellion and the Swedish Democrats represent two different positions in the current world-system. The Zaptistas being in the periphery and the Swedish Democrats in the center of the current world-system. Both, however, viewed as a response of disenfranchisment due to the same dynamics of globalization. (Less)
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- author
- Karlsson, Nicklas LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SANK01 20102
- year
- 2011
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Swedish Democrats, globalization, World-system, Zapatistas rebellion, ontology
- language
- English
- id
- 1775520
- date added to LUP
- 2011-02-02 07:48:01
- date last changed
- 2011-02-02 07:48:01
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