anti-globalization
Opposing worldwide integration
Anti-globalization describes opposition to the increasing economic and cultural integration of nations—particularly to free trade agreements, multinational corporations, and international financial institutions like the World Bank and IMF.
The movement gained visibility through protests at trade summits in the 1990s: anti-globalization activists disrupted the WTO meeting in Seattle.
Critics argue it favors corporate interests over workers, the environment, and national sovereignty.
Supreme independent authority
- protectionismShielding local producers
- tariffTax on traded goods
- trade barrierRestriction on imports
- border controlRegulating cross-country movement
economic nationalism · autarky · isolationism · domestic production · import restriction · trade policy · self-reliance · mercantilism
Public expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- rallyGathering for a cause
- marchRhythmic group walk
sit-in · blockade · occupation · civil disobedience · direct action · grassroots · campaign · petition
Pacific Northwest metropolis
- WTOGlobal commerce regulator
- IMFGlobal economic assistance organization
- World BankGlobal development finance institution
- G8Eight-nation economic forum
Davos · neoliberalism · sweatshop · outsourcing · offshoring · exploitation · inequality · corporate power
Collective of connected people
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- local economyArea's commercial activity
- buy localPurchase from community vendors
artisanal · craftsmanship · small-scale · farmers market · cooperative · regional · neighborhood · subsistence
Indirect foreign domination
- corporate greedExcessive pursuit of profit
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- cultural imperialismDominant society imposing its ways
- homogenizationMaking things the same
McDonaldization · monoculture · commodification · consumerism · race to bottom · labor rights · environmental degradation · wealth gap
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- protectionismShielding local producers
- tariffTax on traded goods
- trade barrierRestriction on imports
border control · economic nationalism · autarky · isolationism · domestic production · import restriction · trade policy · self-reliance · mercantilism · quota
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- rallyGathering for a cause
march · sit-in · blockade · occupation · civil disobedience · direct action · grassroots · campaign · petition · picketing
Seattle
Pacific Northwest metropolis
- WTOGlobal commerce regulator
- IMFGlobal economic assistance organization
- World BankGlobal development finance institution
G8 · Davos · neoliberalism · sweatshop · outsourcing · offshoring · exploitation · inequality · corporate power · free trade
community
Collective of connected people
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- local economyArea's commercial activity
buy local · artisanal · craftsmanship · small-scale · farmers market · cooperative · regional · neighborhood · subsistence · homestead
neocolonialism
Indirect foreign domination
- corporate greedExcessive pursuit of profit
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- cultural imperialismDominant society imposing its ways
homogenization · McDonaldization · monoculture · commodification · consumerism · race to bottom · labor rights · environmental degradation · wealth gap · capital flight
- social movementscivil rights movement, women's liberation, labor movement, feminist movement, suffrage movement
- Political Movementsfeminism, environmentalism, conservatism, liberalism, populism
- populismpopulism, demagogue, demagoguery, anti-elitism, anti-establishment
- protestsprotest, demonstration, protest march, demonstrations, rallies
- economic activismboycott, divestment, shareholder activism, corporate accountability, proxy voting
- economic protestlabor strike, general strike, rent strike, consumer boycott, picket
anti-globalizationglobalism
Cross-border economic integration doctrine
free trade · neoliberalism · Washington Consensus · laissez-faire economics · open markets
anti-globalizationneoliberalism
Pro-market, anti-regulation ideology
pro-business · corporatism · World Economic Forum · laissez-faire · supply-side economics
anti-globalizationcosmopolitanism
Belief in shared humanity
internationalism · globalism · supranationalism · transnationalism · global citizenship