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Alter-globalization in Southern Europe

Anatomy of a Social Movement

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Authors:
  1. Eduardo Zachary Albrecht

    1. Mercy College, New York, USA

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  • Examines the relationship between the alter-globalization movement and political power in southern Europe.
  • Highlights the appeal of a movement which is both anti-political and apolitical.
  • Offers key case studies from countries with receding state structures and rising informal economies.

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Protest and Power

    • Eduardo Zachary Albrecht
    Pages 1-32

  3. Alter-globalization in Southern Europe

    • Eduardo Zachary Albrecht
    Pages 33-63

  4. Lifestyle Stereotypes

    • Eduardo Zachary Albrecht
    Pages 65-93

  5. Music and Politics, a Utopian Narrative

    • Eduardo Zachary Albrecht
    Pages 95-126

  6. A Ternary Model of Political Resistance: Subject, Action, and Object

    • Eduardo Zachary Albrecht
    Pages 127-150

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 151-166
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About this book

Considering the rise of global political instability and subsequent importance of new social movements, this cutting edge book examines the relationship between the alter-globalization movement and political power in Italy, Spain, and Greece. It argues that not only is the movement anti-political, but that it operates within an apolitical social milieu, as a ritualized holding pattern for middle class youths that find themselves uncomfortably placed between a receding state structure on the one hand, and a rising informal economy on the other. Its ritual liminality allows adherents to act revolutionary while assuring that their middle class privileges remain intact. The author considers the social ramifications of the movement at a time when Europe finds itself at a political and economic crossroads, and offers specific and timely case studies from the three southern European countries.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Mercy College, New York, USA

    Eduardo Zachary Albrecht

About the author

Eduardo Zachary Albrecht obtained a PhD in Social Anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.  He is currently Assistant Professor at Mercy College in New York and previously taught at Pukyong National University in South Korea.  He is also the Research Director/Founder of Ethnographic Edge, a geopolitical forecasting project.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Alter-globalization in Southern Europe

  • Book Subtitle: Anatomy of a Social Movement

  • Authors: Eduardo Zachary Albrecht

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59758-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59904-9Published: 29 January 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-59758-8Published: 28 January 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 166

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Political Sociology, Globalization, European Culture, Ethnography, Sociology, general, Area Studies

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