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This book explores the resurgence of left-wing activism in parties, social movements and subcultures in the post-austerity era. It contains a broad range of geographical and empirical case studies which are interpreted through a plurality of theoretical perspectives.
List of contents
1. Introduction - Joseph Ibrahim, Section 1. Communities of Resistance 2. The Making and Framing of Solidarity campaigning on asylum rights: a radical Left Social Movement in Sheffield - John Grayson, 3. Community organising and Citizens UK: Can tangible social change be achieved through institution-based apolitical politics? - Louise Folkes, 4. What has the left done to leftist organisations? The Impact of using Digital Media on Egyptian Revolutionary Socialists - Noha Atef, Section 2. Political Spaces of the Left 5. Historicizing the Gezi Rebellion in Turkey: Tracing Revolutionary Ideas in Action - Bora Erdagi, 6. Urban activism and touristification in Southern Europe: Barcelona, Madrid and Lisbon - Jorge Sequera and Jordi Nofre, 7. Changes and continuity in the Left in Chile (1990-2017): Between the streets and institutions. - César Guzmán-Concha and Carlos Durán Migliardi, Section 3: Hegemony, the State and Extra-Parliamentary Politics 8. Instituting Momentum Maia Kirby 9. The Workers’ Party in Brazil: The achievements, challenges and tragedies of a left wing party in the global south - Rogério G. Giugliano and Jacques de Novion 10. Science, Hegemony and Action: On the Elements of Governmentality - Werner Bonefeld
About the author
Dr John Roberts is Divisional Lead, Sociology and Communications, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Brunel University, UK
Dr Joseph Ibrahim, is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, School of Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, UK.
Summary
This book explores the resurgence of left-wing activism in parties, social movements and subcultures in the post-austerity era. It contains a broad range of geographical and empirical case studies which are interpreted through a plurality of theoretical perspectives.
