WASTING THE WORLD : ENCLOSURE, ACCUMULATİON AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRUGGLES ON A GLOBAL SCALE | Zendy

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WASTING THE WORLD : ENCLOSURE, ACCUMULATİON AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRUGGLES ON A GLOBAL SCALE

Author(s) -

Eddie J. Girdner

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

the turkish yearbook of international relations

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2667-5382

pISSN - 0544-1943

DOI - 10.1501/intrel_0000000008

Subject(s) - treasury , wasting , face (sociological concept) , political science , political economy , economy , sociology , economics , law , social science , medicine , endocrinology

Capitalist accumulation, commodifıcation, and environmental degradation are global in scale. Environmental struggles must be carried out on a global scale against cultural imperialism and the invasion of local communitics by corporations for resources and profıts. Capitalist accumulation encourages the creation of waste in the preference for exchange values över use values. The use value of local communities and living cultural traditions are giving way to the capitalist corporate assault ali across the globe. As Stephen Horton points out, 'local communities are the biggest losers when

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