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The backlash against the system.
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THE BACKLASH AGAINST THE SYSTEM The Backlash The backlash against globalization has become apparent and widespread. Let there be no doubt, globalization has fostered a flowering of both wealth and technological innovation the likes of which the world has never seen. But this sort of rapid change has challenged traditional business practices, social structures, cultural mores and environments and, as a result, has generated a substantial backlash - with one of its loudest and most visible manifestations coming at the World Trade Organization summit in Seattle in 1999. Beyond this general sense of disruption and dislocation, the opponents of globalization resent it because they feel that as their countries have plugged into the globalization system, they have been forced into a Golden Straightjacket that is one-size-fits-all. Some don't like the straightjacket because they feel economically pinched by it. Some worry that they don't have the knowledge, skills or resources to enlarge the...
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