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Phil Edwards - 'More Work! Less Pay!' - 9780719078736 - V9780719078736
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'More Work! Less Pay!'

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Description for 'More Work! Less Pay!' Hardback. In the mid-1970s, a long wave of contentious radicalism swept through Italy: 'Proletarian youth', 'metropolitan Indians', 'the area of Autonomy'.. For the first time in English, Phil Edwards has told the story of a unique and fascinating group of political movements, and of their disastrous engagement with the mainstream Left. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJPL; JFFE; JPWQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 524.

In the mid-1970s, a long wave of contentious radicalism swept through Italy. ‘Proletarian youth’, ‘metropolitan Indians’, ‘the area of Autonomy’: a shifting galaxy of groups and movements practised new forms of activism. Factories and universities were occupied; rent and utility payments were withheld; neo-Fascists and drug pushers were attacked on sight.

The movements were at once creative and brutal, intransigent and playful. A particular target for mockery was the parliamentary Left, and above all the Italian Communist Party (PCI). An earlier wave of radical activism had culminated in the Hot Autumn of 1969; then, the PCI had managed to ‘ride the tiger’ of industrial militancy, emerging with its credibility enhanced. Now, however, the PCI was committed to compromise with the ruling Christian Democrats. The second cycle of contention thus ended in a hostile engagement: rather than adopt their policies, the PCI labelled the movements Fascists, criminals and hooligans. By the end of 1977 the movements were broken, while the PCI had moved sharply to the Right. The main beneficiaries were left-wing ‘armed struggle’ groups such as the Red Brigades.

Building on Sidney Tarrow’s ‘cycle of contention’ model and drawing on a wide range of Italian materials, Phil Edwards has told the story of a unique and fascinating group of political movements, and of their disastrous engagement with the mainstream Left. As well as shedding light on a neglected period of twentieth century history, this book offers lessons for understanding today’s contentious movements (‘No Global’, ‘Black Bloc’) and today’s ‘armed struggle’ groups.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719078736
SKU
V9780719078736
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About Phil Edwards
Phil Edwards is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Manchester -- .

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