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Civil becomings : performative politics in the Amazon and the Mediterranean / Raúl Acosta.

Author/creator Acosta, Raúl, 1972- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2020]
Description212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Series NGOgraphies : ethnographic reflections on NGOs
NGOgraphies. ^A1410830
Contents Introduction: Alternative political engagements -- Part 1. Settings -- The Brazilian Amazon and its socioenvironmentalist Movement -- Barcelona and its nationalist yet progressive milieu -- Plural Networks -- Advocacy networks' communicative characters -- Entangled agency in networked activism -- Part 3. Alternative performative politics -- Marches and meetings -- Knowledge, science, and legitimacy -- Part 4. Informed aspirations -- Moral entanglements -- Democracy reimagined -- Conclusion: Nonlinear political developments.
Abstract "An anthropological approach to an emerging form of transnational political engagement by independent civil society organizations"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2019052165
ISBN9780817320676
ISBN0817320679 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book

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