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Friday, 30 August 2019

Globalisastion and Resistance: Explorations in Global Contestation

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During the Spring semester 2019, students on the module Globalisation and Resistance in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham-UK carried out independent research projects. In addition to writing a 4000 word essay, they also composed shorter blog posts about their research projects for a wider audience. This post provides a brief introduction to the various posts, which are published on the blog Globalisation and Resistance.


Several of the student projects focused on current, left and progressive moments of resistance:







This also included a notable intervention on LGBT+ issues, which have become very much part of a left-progressive agenda:



Unsurprisingly considering current struggles around climate change policies, environmental issues featured prominently too:





Other students, however, provided a longer historical perspective, linking moments of globalisation and resistance back to imperialism and the Cold War:





Importantly, several students realized that resistance to globalisation is not necessarily a progressive enterprise, analyzing popular protests linked to radical Islamic tendencies as well as right-wing politics:





Last but not least, one student introduced the class to a highly unexpected resistance movement, an alliance of forces pushing for modernization in Afghanistan:



Overall, these projects provide wide-ranging insights into the multiple ways of current political contestation around the world. 



Andreas Bieler

Professor of Political Economy

University of Nottingham/UK

Andreas.Bieler@nottingham.ac.uk
Personal website: http://andreasbieler.net

30 August 2019

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