Popularising the ‘New International Political Economy’: The ATTAC Movement

Abstract

Born in France in 1997, the ATTAC (Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions to Aid Citizens) movement is popularising IPE (international political economy), the interdisciplinary field of study born in the United Kingdom in the 1970s. The affinity between the ideas and main concerns of ATTAC and IPE can be clearly stated. ATTAC is a popular education movement, promoting a critical reading of globalisation. It uses critical pedagogy and is largely supported by ‘resisting intellectuals’, who are the newborn ‘organic intellectuals’ once envisioned by Antonio Gramsci.