Voices of the valley, voices of the straits : how protest creates communities / Donatella della Porta and Gianni Piazza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Della Porta, Donatella, 1956-

Contributor:

Piazza, Gianni, 1963-

Series:

Protest, culture and society ; v. 1.

Protest, culture and society ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protest movements--Italy.

Protest movements.

Communities--Italy.

Communities.

Environmentalism--Italy.

Environmentalism.

High speed trains--Environmental aspects--Italy--Susa Valley.

High speed trains.

Bridges--Environmental aspects--Italy--Messina, Strait of.

Bridges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Protest campaigns against large-scale public works usually take place within a local context. However, since the 1990s new forms of protest have been emerging. This book analyses two cases from Italy that illustrate this development: the environmentalist protest campaigns against the TAV (the building of a new high-speed railway in Val de Susa, close to the border with France), and the construction of the Bridge on the Messina Straits (between Calabria and Sicily). Such mobilizations emerge from local conflicts but develop as part of a global justice movement, often resulting in the production

Contents:

Title page-voices of the valley, voices of the straits; Contents; Acknowledgments; Ch 1-Local conflict between interest and identity; Ch 2-Networks and cross-fertilisation; Ch 3-Protest and identity; Ch 4-In movement; Ch 5-Voices of the valley, voices of the straits; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-125) and index.

ISBN:

9786612627309

9781282627307

1282627309

9781845458621

1845458621

OCLC:

645100726