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OverviewWhat can we learn about collective action across Central and Eastern Europe by focusing on activism within urban spaces? This volume argues that the recent resurgence of urban grassroots mobilisation represents a new phase in the development of post-socialist civil societies and that these civil societies have significantly more vitality than is commonly perceived. The case studies here reflect the diversity and complexity of post-socialist urban movements, capturing also the extent to which the laboratory of urban politics is richly illustrative of the complex nexus of state-society-market relations within post-socialism. The grassroots campaigns and actions reflect the new social cleavages and increased polarisation as a consequence of neoliberal urbanisation and global integration, as well as the transformation of state power and authority in the region. Studying urban activism in Central and Eastern Europe is instructive for urban movements scholars generally, as it forces us to acknowledge the variety of forms that contention can take and the usefulness of embedding the study of urban movements within a larger understanding of civil society. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kerstin Jacobsson , Professor Chris PickvancePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.703kg ISBN: 9781472434463ISBN 10: 1472434463 Pages: 322 Publication Date: 28 July 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'If you want to learn about the resurgence of urban activism in CEE countries and understand their distinctive features, frames, and practices, seek no longer. This volume brings together excellent case studies, including local versions of Right to the City activism, revealing how these varied mobilisations are uniquely shaped by a state-socialist past and neoliberalising present. In explicating the social meaning of urban activism in the CEE context, the book opens up possibilities for innovative theorising on urban movements.' Margit Mayer, Center for Metropolitan Studies, TU Berlin, Germany Author InformationKerstin Jacobsson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She is co-editor of Beyond NGO-ization: The Development of Social Movements in Central and Eastern Europe. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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