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An understanding of the anti-globalization movement is crucial, as it links the ethos of the New Left with the movements of today. This chapter examines how globalization and ‘neo-liberalism’ were constructed as a point of reference for social and political movements around the turn of the century and how this gave rise to an international wave of mobilizations. It also shows how the inability of the new left to propose an actual alternative on the political and the economic level was also present in the anti-globalization movement, leading to its inability to achieve tangible results.
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It is interesting though, speaking about Greece, that the centre-right conservative party of New Democracy, in the official document presenting its principles, also keeps its distance from ‘neoliberalism’, considering it an ideology that facilitates the ‘arbitrariness of an omnipotent private sector’ (New Democracy http://nd.gr/h-nea-dimokratia).
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Sotirakopoulos, N. (2016). Linking Two Eras: The Anti-globalization Movement. In: The Rise of Lifestyle Activism. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55103-0_5
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