Solidarity without borders : Gramscian perspectives on migration and civil society alliances / edited by Óscar García Agustín and Martin Bak Jørgensen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

García Agustín, Óscar.

Jørgensen, Martin Bak, 1973-

Series:

Reading Gramsci

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Philosophy.

Emigration and immigration.

Civil society.

Gramsci, Antonio, 1891-1937.

Gramsci, Antonio.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xi, 244 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2016.

Summary:

Solidarity without Borders reads the micropolitics of migrants as political actors within a Gramscian context by observing alliances between migrants and trade unions, worker organisations and other radical constituencies.This book argues for Gramsci's theory of the formation of a transnational counter-hegemonic bloc, by studying methods of modern resistance and new forms of solidarity between these forming groups. With case studies of the Gezi Park Protests in Turkey, social movements in Ireland and the Lampedusa in Hamburg, the authors consider how diverse new migrant political actors, newfound cross-border alliances, and spaces of resistance shape the political dimensions of protest.As migrants are often deprived of agency and placed outside the mobilisations taking place across Europe, Solidarity without Borders demonstrates how new solidarity relations are shaped and how these may construct a new common ground for struggle and for developing political alternatives.

Contents:

1 Solidarity without Borders: Gramscian Perspectives on Migration and Civil Society Alliances / Óscar García Agustín Agustín, Óscar García, Martin Bak Jørgensen Jørgensen, Martin Bak 3

Part I The Heterogeneity of Political Actors

2 Gramsci's 'Philosophy of Praxis' and the Topic of Migration / Ursula Apitzsch Apitzsch, Ursula 23

3 Countering Hegemony through a Park: Gezi Protests in Turkey's Migrant Neighbourhoods / Nazh Senses Senses, Nazh, Kivanç Özcan Özcan, Kivanç 40

4 Gramsci in Slices: Race, Colonialism, Migration and the Postcolonial Gramsci / Miguel Mellino Mellino, Miguel 58

Part II Solidarity and Alliances

5 Political and Social Alliances: Gramsci and Today / Derek Boothman Boothman, Derek 79

6 Gramsci, Migrants and Trade Unions: An Irish Case Study / Mary Hyland Hyland, Mary, Ronaldo Munck Munck, Ronaldo 95

7 The Southern Question and the Irish Question: A Social Movement Perspective / Laurence Cox Cox, Laurence 113

Part III Avoiding Misplaced Alliances

8 Hegemony, Migration and Misplaced Alliances: Lessons from Gramsci / Peter Mayo Mayo, Peter 135

9 For the Sake of Workers but Not Immigrants Workers? Social Dumping and Free Movement / Óscar García Agustín Agustín, Óscar García, Martin Bak Jørgensen Jørgensen, Martin Bak 150

Part IV Spaces of Resistance

10 Politicising the Crisis: The Southern Question, Uneven Geographies and the Construction of Solidarity / David Featherstone Featherstone, David 169

11 Contesting Urban Management Regimes: The Rise of Urban Justice Movements in Sweden / Lisa Kings Kings, Lisa, Aleksandra Ålund Ålund, Aleksandra, Nazem Tahvilzadeh Tahvilzadeh, Nazem 186

12 Spaces of Resistance and Re-Actuality of Gramsci in Refugees' Struggles for Rights? The 'Lampedusa in Hamburg' between Exit and Voice / Susi Meret Meret, Susi, Elisabetta Delia Corte Corte, Elisabetta Delia 203

Conclusion

13 Against Pessimism: A Time and Space for Solidarity / Óscar Garcia Agustin Agustin, Óscar Garcia, Martin Bak Jórgensen Jórgensen, Martin Bak 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0745336264

9780745336268

9780745336312

0745336310

OCLC:

920729546