Understanding European Movements - New Social Movements, Global Justice Struggles, Anti-Austerity Protest

Summary

This book offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary perspective on the key European social movements in the past forty years. Expert contributions explore the European tradition of social movement theorising, the construction of the anti-capitalist "movement of movements" within the European setting, and the new anti-austerity protests in Iceland, Greece, Spain, and elsewhere.

Product details

• Authors: Cristina Cox Flesher Fominaya
• Assisted by: Laurence Cox (Editor), Cox Laurence (Editor), Cristina Flesher Fominaya (Editor), Flesher Fominaya Cristina (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.12.2013
• EAN: 9781138025462
• ISBN: 978-1-138-02546-2
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, Social Theory, Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Economic history, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Social issues & processes, Social and cultural anthropology, Social and ethical issues, Human rights, civil rights, History and Archaeology