The occupy movement explained : from corporate control to democracy / Nicholas Smaligo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smaligo, Nicholas, author.

Series:

Ideas explained series ; Volume 13.

Ideas Explained Series ; Volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Open Court, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Occupy Movement Explained is a readable, compact account and analysis of the Occupy protests, by a scholar who participated in several Occupy events. The book is thoroughly researched, painstakingly accurate, and fully documented. It debunks a number of myths and misunderstandings that have become rife. Nicholas Smaligo shows how the movement arose out of radical currents that have been active below the media's radar since the 1970's. Occupiers are not all the same, and the author reviews some of the debates and changes within the movement. The occupations began under a slogan that conjured...

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1. Wake-Up Call ; 2. The Ones We've Been Waiting For ; 3. ""It Just Came Out of Nowhere"" ; 4. What Is Our One Demand? ; 5. Is Occupy Anti-Capitalist? ; 6. VIolence and the Occupy Movement ; 7. Beyond Occupation ; Bibliography ; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8126-9881-9

OCLC:

885122149