Late neoliberalism and its discontents in the economic crisis : comparing social movements in the European periphery /

"This book analyses protests against the Great Recession in the European periphery. While social movements have long been considered as children of affluent times - or at least of times of opening opportunities - these protests defy such expectations, developing instead in moments of diminishin...

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Main Authors: Della Porta, Donatella, 1956- (Author)
Published: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Cham, Switzerland :
Publication Dates: [2017]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "This book analyses protests against the Great Recession in the European periphery. While social movements have long been considered as children of affluent times - or at least of times of opening opportunities - these protests defy such expectations, developing instead in moments of diminishing opportunities in both the economic and the political realms. Can social movement studies still be useful to understanding these movements of troubled times? The authors offer a positive answer to this question, although specify the need to bridge contentious politics with other fields, including political economy. They highlight differences in the social movements' strength and breadth and attempt to understand them in terms of three sets of dimensions: a) the specific characteristics of the socio-economic crisis and its consequences in terms of mobilization potential; b) the political reactions to it, in what we can define as political opportunities and threats; and c) the social movement cultures and structures that characterize each country. The book discusses these topics through a contextualized analysis of anti-austerity protest in the European periphery"--
Carrier Form: xv, 307 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9783319350790
331935079X
Index Number: HB95
CLC: F091.352
Call Number: F091.352/D357
Contents: Late neoliberalism and its discontents : an introduction / Donatella Della Porta -- Iceland's mobilization in the financial crisis / Markos Vogiatzoglou -- The presence and absence of protest in austerity Ireland / Francis O'Connor -- Turbulent flow : anti-austerity mobilization in Greece / Markos Vogiatzoglou -- Late neoliberalism and its Indignados : contention in austerity Spain / Eduardo Romanos -- Building alliances : successful anti-austerity mobilization in Portugal / Tiago Fernandes -- Late neoliberalism and its discontents in Italy : protests without movement? / Massimiliano Andretta -- Cyprus' explosion : financial crisis and anti-austerity mobilization / Markos Vogiatzoglou -- Late neoliberalism and its discontents : a comparative conclusion / Donatella Della Porta.