1st Edition
Contesting Austerity and Free Trade in the EU Protest Diffusion in Complex Media and Political Arenas
By Julia Rone
Copyright 2021
192 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The book explores the diffusion of protest against austerity and free trade agreements in the wave of contention that shook the EU following the 2008 economic crisis.
It discusses how protests against austerity and free trade agreements manifested a wider discontent with the constitutionalization of economic policy and the way economic decisions have been insulated from democratic debate.... Read more
Introduction 1. Studying Diffusion 2. Quiet, you may wake up the Greeks: the diffusion of protests against austerity 3. ACTA La Vista Baby: the diffusion of protests against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade agreement 4. TTIP-ing over Democracy: the diffusion of protests against TTIP and CETA Conclusion
Biography
Julia Rone is a Wiener-Anspach postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge and the Université libre de Bruxelles. She has a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence with a thesis on mobilizations against free trade agreements. Julia has taught and supervised at the University of Cambridge, University of Florence, the University of Sofia and the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf. Her current research explores contestations over sovereignty in the UK, Poland and Belgium. She has written on hacktivism, digital disobedience, and more recently, the rise of far right media in Europe.
