Analysis of new social movements from the conceptual and historicity stand points

This paper sets forth that social movements, which took place after 1960s and fall in the category of the new social movement paradigm, begun to tilt towards a new direction in 1999 Seattle WTO protests with regard to their objectives, mobilization methods, organization, interaction tactics as well as outcomes and they differentiated greatly from their precedents, ultimately taking a new form after the financial crisis of 2007–2008. While this study examines social movements before the financial crisis of 2007–2008 as a series of reactions by people of different backgrounds to poverty, inequality, injustice and violation of civil rights, it considers social movements which started with the financial crisis of 2007–2008 and continue to date, as anti-government backlashes against systems as a result of government's politic and economic pressures. This paper puts great emphasis on the clear differentiation among movements, networks laying foundation for protestors' unique strategies and social media interactions. In addition to the differentiation between movements and networks, this study also looks into reactions by the victims of globalization to neoliberalization. While explicitly analyzing the differences mentioned afore, French Philosopher Alain Badiou's perspective and attitude on social movements constitute the cornerstone of this work. Badiou's understanding of social movements provides us an opportunity to understand social movements/uprisings with a broader politic and economic perspective.