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Alter-Globalization in Southern Europe
Eduardo Zachary Albrecht
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Description for Alter-Globalization in Southern Europe
Hardback. Num Pages: 166 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JFC; JFFS; JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 365.
Considering the rise of global political instability and subsequent importance of new social movements, this cutting edge book examines the relationship between the alter-globalization movement and political power in Italy, Spain, and Greece. It argues that not only is the movement anti-political, but that it operates within an apolitical social milieu, as a ritualized holding pattern for middle class youths that find themselves uncomfortably placed between a receding state structure on the one hand, and a rising informal economy on the other. Its ritual liminality allows adherents to act revolutionary while assuring that their middle class privileges remain intact. The ... Read more
Considering the rise of global political instability and subsequent importance of new social movements, this cutting edge book examines the relationship between the alter-globalization movement and political power in Italy, Spain, and Greece. It argues that not only is the movement anti-political, but that it operates within an apolitical social milieu, as a ritualized holding pattern for middle class youths that find themselves uncomfortably placed between a receding state structure on the one hand, and a rising informal economy on the other. Its ritual liminality allows adherents to act revolutionary while assuring that their middle class privileges remain intact. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
Number of Pages
166
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137599049
SKU
V9781137599049
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About Eduardo Zachary Albrecht
Eduardo Zachary Albrecht obtained a PhD in Social Anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. He is currently Assistant Professor at Mercy College in New York and previously taught at Pukyong National University in South Korea. He is also the Research Director/Founder of Ethnographic Edge, a geopolitical forecasting project.
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