Gustavo Lins Ribeiro *
Discussions on globalization tend to focus on processes commanded by powerful agents in a top-down perspective. In this article, I will explore “alter-native” economic processes and agents and a form of non-hegemonic globalization. “Trader-tourists” and street vendors of global gadgets, for instance, are but the tip of the iceberg, in a huge parallel global economy. Their activities are non-hegemonic because they defy the economic establishment everywhere. Grassroots economic globalization provides access to flows of global wealth that otherwise would not reach the more vulnerable ranks of any society. My reasoning is mainly based on Brazilian and Paraguayan examples, but there are evidences of the existence of a veritable popular world system.
Keywords: globalization from below, popular global markets, informal economy, transnationalism
Globalização económica vinda de baixo
As discussões sobre a globalização tendem a focalizar-se nos processos comandados por agentes poderosos numa perspectiva de cima para baixo. Neste artigo, explorarei processos económicos e agentes “alter-nativos”como uma forma de globalização não hegemónica. “Turistas-mercantes” e vendedores de rua de gadgets globais, por exemplo, são apenas a ponta do icebergue de uma economia global paralela. As suas actividades são não-hegemónicas porque desafiam as estruturas económicas onde quer que estejam. A globalização económica de base oferece um acesso aos fluxos de riqueza global que de outra forma não estariam disponíveis para as camadas mais vulneráveis de qualquer sociedade. O meu argumento assenta principalmente em exemplos brasileiros e paraguaios; no entanto, as evidências apontam para um verdadeiro sistema global popular.
]]> Palavras-chave: globalização de base, mercados populares globais, economia informal, transnacionalidade
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* Gustavo Lins Ribeiro
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