ABSTRACT
This chapter presents some of the reactions to globalization in several different spheres of political action. It considers each of the sources of anti-globalization rhetoric and activism separately; in fact there exists considerable overlap between them. The ideas of leftist nationalists frequently form the ideological foundations for the positions taken by progressive groups, and in fact the personalities involved in both intellectual/political and activist spheres are frequently the same. The chapter suggests that the social context of land conversion places individual farmers in a position of culturally constrained behaviour towards their landlords and in politically impotent relations with local government officials. It discusses some of the possibilities for resistance to the process of globalization. Renato Constantino criticizes the 'race to the bottom' mentality that the global economy fosters in developing countries and deplores the competition that forces countries to compete with ever more enticing tax incentives, cheaper labour, and ownership privileges for global capital.
