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008			170531s2015 enka 001 | eng
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040			_aMIUC _beng _cMIUC
082	0		_a303.48
100	1		_93494 _aDella Porta, Donatella, _d1956-
245	1	0	_aSocial movements in times of austerity : _bbringing capitalism back into protest analysis / _cDonatella della Porta.
260			_aCambridge : _bPolity, _c2015.
300			_aviii, 249 p. : _bill. b&w ; _c23 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aCh. 1. The reemergence of a class cleavage? Social movements in times of austerity -- Ch. 2. Social structure : old working class, new precariat, or yet something different? -- Ch. 3. Identification processes: class and culture -- Ch. 4 Lo llaman democracia y no lo es: a crisis of responsibility -- Ch. 5. Democracy is not a spectator sport: changing conceptions of democracy in social movements -- Ch. 6. Bringing capitalism back into protest analysis? Some concluding remarks.
520			_aRecent years have seen an enormous increase in protests across the world in which citizens have challenged what they see as a deterioration of democratic institutions and the very civil, political and social rights that form the basis of democratic life. Beginning with Iceland in 2008, and then forcefully in Egypt, Tunisia, Spain, Greece and Portugal, or more recently in Peru, Brazil, Russia, Bulgaria, Turkey and Ukraine, people have taken to the streets against what they perceive as a rampant and dangerous corruption of democracy, with a distinct focus on inequality and suffering. This timely new book addresses the anti-austerity social movements of which these protests form part, mobilizing in the context of a crisis of neoliberalism. Donatella della Porta shows that, in order to understand their main facets in terms of social basis, strategy, and identity and organizational structures, we should look at the specific characteristics of the socioeconomic, cultural and political context in which they developed. The result is an important and insightful contribution to understanding a key issue of our times, which will be of interest to students and scholars of political and economic sociology, political science and social movement studies, as well as political activists.
650		0	_92370 _aSocial movements
650		0	_9977 _aProtest movements
650		0	_92795 _aDemocratization
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