ABSTRACT
This chapter explores one strand of the complex and multifaceted character of globalisation, namely its role in the generation of patterns of social inequality and injustice, and the possible and emergent forms of political mobilisation and resistance against such global processes. It describes that the specifically global genesis of patterns of inequality/injustices presents a challenge to liberal-democratic politics which has traditionally focused on the nation state as a form and avenue of political action. The chapter argues that the globalised character of such economic, environmental and cultural processes exceeds the interventionary capacity of the nation state as a level of political organisation. It describes that the most appropriate response to globally generated inequalities is simply a 'scaling-up' of political discussion, organisation and mobilisation to a global level via transnational political actors and agencies. The chapter concludes that patterns of inequality and injustice generated by global processes appear to be inciting forms of political resistance at both global and local levels.
