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OverviewThis accessible and engaging study of anti-austerity protest provides a valuable feminist perspective on activism at a time when austerity policy is disproportionately impacting women, bringing together lived experiences of activist culture and contextual analysis to explore the motivations and emotions associated with it-both positive and negative. With austerity's disproportionately heavy impact on women now apparent, this engaging book considers activism against it from a feminist perspective. Emma Craddock goes deep inside activist culture to explore the many cultural and emotional dimensions of political participation. She questions what motivates and enables protest and the role of gender within it, and considers the enabling aspects, solidarity and empathy of activism and the negative emotions and gender barriers associated with it. This is a lived-in study that gets to the heart of what it means to be an anti-austerity activist, and an important addition to social justice debate. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Emma Craddock (Birmingham City University)Publisher: Bristol University Press Imprint: Bristol University Press ISBN: 9781529205756ISBN 10: 1529205751 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 22 September 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Establishing Context A Critical Review of Social Movement Theory: Gender and Emotion in Activist Cultures The Empirical and Political Context of Anti-Austerity Activism Part II: Doing Activism: Enabling and Constraining Factors The Affective, the Normative and the Everyday: Exploring What Motivates and Sustains Anti-Austerity Activism Barriers to Doing Activism PART III: Being Activist: The Activist Identity and Its Problems The Authentic and Ideal Activist Identities: Having the 'Right' Motivation and Doing 'Enough' of the 'Right' Type of Activism The Dark Side of Activist Culture and its Gendered Dimension Part IV: Concluding Remarks Subverting/Reinforcing Neoliberal Capitalism: The Complex Ambivalence of Anti-Austerity Activism References AppendixReviewsEmma Craddock has written a candid and sophisticated account of the existential tensions involved in anti-austerity activism. Steve Fuller, University of Warwick 'Living against austerity' contributes to understandings of how meanings relating to the activist identity are constructed within the local anti-austerity scene and the implications this can have for women. By focusing on emotions, Craddock provides nuanced insights into the contradictions and multi-layered dynamics within Nottingham's local anti-activist scenes. Social Movement Studies 'Living against austerity' contributes to understandings of how meanings relating to the activist identity are constructed within the local anti-austerity scene and the implications this can have for women. By focusing on emotions, Craddock provides nuanced insights into the contradictions and multi-layered dynamics within Nottingham's local anti-activist scenes. Social Movement Studies Author InformationEmma Craddock is Senior Lecturer in Health Research at Birmingham City University. Her research utilises a feminist methodology and a combination of qualitative research methods to produce an in-depth exploration of the 'making' and 'practising' of local anti-austerity activist cultures. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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