Alternatives for another world?
En kritisk analys av Occupy Wall Street-rörelsens idéer för strukturell förändring
In the wake of the latest financial crisis, a group of individuals launched the Occupy WallStreet movement. It wanted to change the structures that economic and political life arefounded upon. They believe that the established structures are unfair and exploit the majorityof the population. Researchers critisised the movement saying it was ambiguous because itcould not produce any realistic ideas for change, while others thought that was a success forthe movement.Therefore, the aim of this Bachelor Thesis is to examine the different ideas articulatedby the Occupy movement and present them systematically. Through an inductive qualitativetext analysis six different themes are identified regarding how the movement wants to changethe structures in society to make them fair. The themes are analysed using critical theories byRobert W. Cox, Chantal Mouffe and Antonio Gramsci, who are all a part of the Gramscianfield of research.When the six themes were analysed, three different ways to change appeared. The firstdeals with different methods of how to change society. The second defines a less radical wayto reform established structures by putting pressure on existing political forces. The third isthe most radical one and seeks to entirely change and replace the existing structures with newones based on fairness and participation.The conclusion of the thesis is that the Occupy movement articulates three differentways of changing the society that are more or less radical. Which of these ideas that will beadapted by the movement, is dependent on how society evolves in the future.