Contemporary left-wing activism democracy, participation and dissent in a global context / edited by John Michael Roberts and Joseph Ibrahim.

Other author Roberts, John Michael, 1970-
Other author Ibrahim, Joseph, 1974-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAbingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2019.
Descriptionx, 218 pages (2 volume) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks
Subjects
Social movements--Case studies.
Left-wing extremists--Case studies.
Opposition (Political science)--Case studies.
Political participation--Case studies.
Globalization--Political aspects. --Case studies.
Right and left (Political science)--Case studies.

Variant title Contemporary left-wing activism Vol 2
SeriesRoutledge studies in radical history and politics
Contents Volume 1. Introduction : democracy and participation : liberal and leftist perspectives / John Michael Roberts -- Organizing ATTAC! : organization and political culture of ATTAC in Italy / Emanuele Achino -- Tekel resistance in Turkey : the making of the proletarian public sphere / Gülden Özcan -- Refuse, resist, revolt : cognitive capitalism and the struggle for the general intellect / Andre Pusey -- Peasant revolts and political change in St. Lucia : the rise and fall of peasant movements 1952-1957 and 1992-1997 / Tennyson S.D. Joseph -- The return of the left? : post-crisis social movements, anti-austerity activism and social policy in the UK / Gregory White -- Social movements, media activism and parliamentary organization : a brief history of Podemos / Marcello Gisondi -- Twenty-first century British anti-capitalism / Joseph Ibrahim -- Prejudice on the doorstep : labour activists talk immigration / David Bates -- Reviving popular sovereigntism : the French radical left and the nation-state / Enrico Reuter -- The European radical left : transformation and political change / Marco Damiani--
Contents Volume 2. Introduction / Joseph Ibrahim -- The making and framing of solidarity campaigning on asylum rights : a radical left social movement in Sheffield / John Grayson -- Community organising and Citizens UK : can tangible social change be achieved through institution-based apolitical politics? / Louise Folkes -- What has the left done to leftist organisations? : the Impact of using digital media on Egyptian revolutionary socialists / Noha Atef -- Historicizing the Gezi rebellion in Turkey : tracing revolutionary ideas in action / Bora Erdagi -- Urban activism and touristification in Southern Europe : Barcelona, Madrid and Lisbon / Jorge Sequera and Jordi Nofre -- Changes and continuity in the left in Chile (1990-2017) : between the streets and institutions / Cesar Guzman and Carlos Duran Migliardi -- Instituting momentum / Maia Kirby -- 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 -- Science, hegemony and action : on the elements of governmentality / Werner Bonefeld.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2019001428
ISBN9780815363507 (v. 1 : hbk)
ISBN9780815363941 (v. 1 : pbk)
ISBN9780815363972 (v. 2 : hbk)
ISBN9780815363965 (v. 2 : pbk)

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