Late neoliberalism and its discontents in the economic crisis : comparing social movements in the European periphery / Donatella Della Porta, Massimiliano Andretta, Tiago Fernandes, Francis O'Connor, Eduardo Romanos, Markos Vogiatzoglou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Della Porta, Donatella, 1956- author.

Andretta, Massimiliano, author.

Fernandes, Tiago, 1972- author.

O'Connor, Francis (Writer on neoliberalism), author.

Romanos, Eduardo, author.

Vogiatzoglou, Markos, author.

Series:

Comparing social movements in the European periphery.

Comparing social movements in the European periphery

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neoliberalism--Europe--History--21st century.

Neoliberalism.

Financial crises--Europe--History--21st century.

Financial crises.

Protest movements--Europe--History--21st century.

Protest movements.

Economic conditions.

History.

Europe--Economic conditions--21st century.

Europe.

Europe--Politics and government--21st century.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xv, 307 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]

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"--Page [4] of cover.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783319350790

331935079X

OCLC:

946482399