In the Shadow of the Iron Curtain
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In the Shadow of the Iron Curtain

Central and Eastern European Alterglobalists

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In the Shadow of the Iron Curtain

Central and Eastern European Alterglobalists

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This book examines the alterglobalist activists in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. Based on lengthy ethnographic fieldwork and numerous in-depth interviews with key figures of the movement, it covers mobilizations and actions between 1998 and 2011 and analyzes the process of adapting the alterglobalist way of thinking, claims and organizational modes in post-socialist countries. By pointing out the main challenges the movement faced, the author discusses the ways it tried to overcome these. The main argument is that the post-communist legacy (expressed in low levels of mobilization, in rejection of leftist ideals and discourse and in deep mistrust towards political life) had a tremendous impact on the formation and the shape of the alterglobalist movement in the region.

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Publisher
Peter Lang Group
Year
2017
ISBN
9783653072471
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter 1: Studying social movements in Central and Eastern Europe
  5. Chapter 2: Alterglobalism
  6. Chapter 3: Western activism meets Eastern reality: alterglobalism in Central and Eastern Europe
  7. Chapter 4: Postsocialism
  8. Chapter 5: Civil Society, Uncivil Society and Grassroots Activism
  9. Chapter 6: The scene – the cultural background of the movement
  10. Conclusions
  11. Bibliography
  12. Table of figures