CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Jevtic, Jana |
|---|---|
| Title | Global Muslim boycott of MNCs as a method of economic weakening of Israel |
| Summary | Since the Arab League campaign of 1948, boycott has been utilized as a method of economic weakening of Israel. Based on a premise of cutting all economic ties with the Israeli state, the Arab League boycott emerged as a paradigm that established the state as the key boycotting agent. Changes within the state – centered model of boycott can be observed during the 1970s and 1980s, where NGOs situated themselves at the centre of boycotting efforts to end South African apartheid. Study of this historical fluctuation, enables an exploration of boycotts in a novel light and allows for recognition of uniqueness attached to the contemporary global movement against MNCs investing in Israel. The paper will explain the rationale behind the development of distinctiveness attributed to the contemporary efforts to economically weaken Israel. This uniqueness relates to the contemporary nature of the boycott as well as the materialization of a modern leverage agent – Muslim citizen – consumer as a vital factor within the boycotting agent category. These developments will be examined within a context of the present phase of globalization. The paper will view globalization not through a prism of interconnectedness, but rather from an angle of tendencies and trajectories attached to it which precondition such connections. The formation of global links, vital for the global Muslim boycott of MNCs investing in Israel, will thus be explored in relation to processes embedded within the contemporary phase of globalization that impact upon the realities of people worldwide. |
| Supervisor | Kalb, Don |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/jevtic_jana.pdf |
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