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The Mask and the Flag: Populism, Citizenism and Global Protest
Paolo Gerbaudo
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Description for The Mask and the Flag: Populism, Citizenism and Global Protest
Paperback. The populist turn to street protest and the reasons behind its global resurgence are the twin themes of this timely analysis Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JPFB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145. Weight in Grams: 500.
From the Arab Spring to the Spanish Indignados, from Occupy Wall Street in New York to Nuit Debout in Paris, contemporary protest bears the mark of citizenism, a libertarian and participatory brand of populism which appeals to ordinary citizens outraged at the arrogance of political and financial elites in the wake of the Great Recession. The book draws from 140 interviews with activists and live witnesses of occupations and demonstrations to explore the new politics nurtured by the movement of the squares of 2011-16 and its reflection of an exceptional phase of crisis and social transformation. Gerbaudo demonstrates ... Read more
From the Arab Spring to the Spanish Indignados, from Occupy Wall Street in New York to Nuit Debout in Paris, contemporary protest bears the mark of citizenism, a libertarian and participatory brand of populism which appeals to ordinary citizens outraged at the arrogance of political and financial elites in the wake of the Great Recession. The book draws from 140 interviews with activists and live witnesses of occupations and demonstrations to explore the new politics nurtured by the movement of the squares of 2011-16 and its reflection of an exceptional phase of crisis and social transformation. Gerbaudo demonstrates ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849045568
SKU
V9781849045568
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99-50
About Paolo Gerbaudo
Paolo Gerbaudo is a political sociologist, the Director of the Centre for Digital Culture at King's College London, and board member of the research committee on social classes and social movements of the International Sociological Association. He writes for The Guardian and OpenDemocracy.
Reviews for The Mask and the Flag: Populism, Citizenism and Global Protest
'Seminal' 'Faced with neoliberal austerity and increasingly authoritarian states from Egypt to America, a new generation has created a resistance movement that combines anarchist networking with the rich heritage of left-populism. As a lucid explanation of this phenomenon, The Mask and the Flag could not be more timely.'
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