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Grassroots economies : living with austerity in Southern Europe / Susana Narotzky.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poverty--Europe, Southern.
- Poverty.
- Poor--Europe, Southern.
- Poor.
- Europe, Southern--Economic conditions.
- Europe, Southern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Pluto Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- The austerity crisis has radically altered the economic landscape of Southern Europe. But alongside the decimation of public services and infrastructure lies the wreckage of a generation's visions for the future. In Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal, there is a new, difficult reality of downward mobility. 'Grassroots Economies' interrogates the effects of the economic crisis on the livelihood of working people, providing insight into their anxieties. Drawing on a rich seam of ethnographic material, it is a distinctive comparative analysis that explores the contradictions of their coping mechanisms and support structures. With a focus on gender, the book explores values and ideologies, including dispossession and accumulation. Ultimately it demonstrates that everyday interactions on the local scale provide a significant sense of the global.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78680-577-4
- OCLC:
- 1199008216
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