Bibliograph

In the shadow of the Iron Curtain, Central and Eastern European alterglobalists, Grzegorz Piotrowski

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Label

In the shadow of the Iron Curtain, Central and Eastern European alterglobalists, Grzegorz Piotrowski

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

In the shadow of the Iron Curtain

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

9723089101088453913

Responsibility statement

Grzegorz Piotrowski

Series statement

Published EUI PhD theses

Sub title

Central and Eastern European alterglobalists

Summary

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.--, Provided by Publisher

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