Examkin

Question

Difficulty: EasyResistance to Globalization after 1900

"The World Social Forum is an open meeting place for... groups and movements of civil society that are opposed to neoliberalism and to domination of the world by capital and any form of imperialism, and are committed to building a planetary society directed to fruitful relations among Mankind and between Mankind and the Earth."

—World Social Forum Charter of Principles, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2001

Which of the following developments after 1900 is most directly reflected in the passage?

  1. Growing resistance to the expansion of free-market economic policies and corporate globalizationAnswer
  2. B
    A movement to restore direct European colonial rule and administrative control over newly independent states
  3. C
    An effort by state governments to return to early modern mercantilist trade policies to accumulate gold bullion
  4. D
    A global campaign to ban agricultural technologies associated with the Green Revolution

Answer

Growing resistance to the expansion of free-market economic policies and corporate globalization
The correct answer is correct because the World Social Forum emerged as an international platform for activists, non-governmental organizations, and labor unions to protest the negative social and economic impacts of neoliberal economic integration, free-trade agreements, and corporate globalization.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the context of the stimulus.
The text comes from the World Social Forum Charter of Principles in 2001, situated in Brazil.
This establishes that the source reflects a late-twentieth or early-twenty-first-century context, a period characterized by intense globalization.
2
Identify the primary targets of opposition mentioned in the source.
The document explicitly declares opposition to neoliberalism and the domination of the world by capital.
Neoliberal policies and the free flow of capital are core components of globalization after 1900.
3
Select the option that matches this opposition.
The correct option identifies resistance to free-market economic policies and corporate globalization.
This directly matches the World Social Forum's stated goal of creating an alternative to corporate-led globalization and neoliberal policies.

Key Concept

Resistance to Globalization after 1900
Rate this question

Topics

Resistance to Globalization after 1900

More questions from this topic