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Struggling for a Social Europe Neoliberal Globalization and the Birth of a European Social Movement
By Andy Mathers
Copyright 2007
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Protests at summit meetings have inspired intense debate over the nature and significance of the 'anti-globalization' or 'anti-capitalist’ movement. However, the European dimension of this movement is still largely unknown. In this insightful book Andy Mathers addresses this deficit by focusing on events that have marked the birth of a European social movement. He relates the development of the... Read more
Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction: Struggling for a Social Europe; Chapter 2 The Decline of Labour and the Rise of the New Social Movements in the Work of the New Social Democratic Left; Chapter 3 Investigating the Struggle for a Social Europe; Chapter 4 Protesting Europe: the European Marches to Amsterdam, Cologne and Nice; Chapter 5 A Europe of Citizens; Chapter 6 A Different Europe; Chapter 7 The European Marches, Social Europe, and the Limits of the New Reformism; Keep on Struggling for a Social Europe!;
Biography
Andy Mathers is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Sociology, University of the West of England, UK.
'Andy Mathers has written a timely book. His subject is transnational mobilizing, a topic whose importance has only increased in the period since his original investigation. Anyone interested in contemporary popular protest should read and learn. The book’s argument for a class analysis of social movements needs to be heard widely amongst activists and academics alike.' Colin Barker, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK 'Based on a detailed study of the European Marches movement as a "researcher-activist", Andy Mathers provides a powerful class analysis of contemporary social movements. He puts labour right at the heart of resistance to neo-liberal globalisation, exactly where it should be. A must-read for all critical academics, progressive trade unionists and social movement activists alike.' Andreas Bieler, University of Nottingham, UK '...a theoretically informed, empirically detailed and systematically analyzed account, written by a self-reflective academic involved in the movement he is studying. It is also a well-written story which, whilst optimistic, is snesitive to contradictions both around and within his movement.' Journal of Contemporary European Studies
