Austerity & Democracy in Athens

Crisis and Community in Exarchia

Monia Cappuccini (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XXIII, 196 Seiten

2018 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-87730-3 (ISBN)

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This book, based on an empirical form of narration, outlines a short-medium term analysis of the social impact of austerity politics on urban life.. Set in Exarchia, a radical and anti-authoritarian neighbourhood located within the city centre of Athens, Greece, this is an ethnography examining the social struggles and grassroots mobilizations that emerged locally during the crisis. Based on over two years of fieldwork between November 2012 and early 2014, the author brings together participant observation and a period of research-action in one of Exarchia's stekia. One particular pedestrian street is used as a case study - 'Odos Tsamadou' is located near Exarchia Square and here multiple social centres and political activity converge to allow the neighbourhood's climate of solidarity and reciprocity to fully emerge. This book is specifically targeted at academics specialized in the social sciences, ethnography, cultural anthropology and urban studies and more generally at anyone interested in contemporary urban and social development.
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Monia Cappuccini is an urban researcher and a professional journalist. Trained in social anthropology, in 2015 she completed her PhD in Urban Planning at Rome's La Sapienza University, earning the additional title of Doctor Europaeus as a result of an academic partnership with the National Centre for Social Research (EKKE) in Athens, Greece.

Preface.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Stepping into Exarchia.- 3. "The dictatorship did not end in 1973".- 4. This is not a myth.- 5. Number Thirteen.- 6. Number fifteen.- 7. Number ten/a.- 8. The walls of Exarchia.- 9. Greek fire.- 10. Re-visiting urban space: auste-city politics amidst the crisis.- 11. Conclusions.- Index.

"The details offered and the scrutiny of political, economic and social conditions and of the mainstream discourse make this book essential reading to those who want to research the debt crisis, the rise of nationalism and grassroots alternatives. What also makes this book a must-read is the author's methodology." (Georgia Alexandri, Urban Studies, Vol. 55 (13), October, 2018)

Erscheinungsdatum	29.01.2019
Zusatzinfo	XXIII, 196 p. 15 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	293 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
Schlagworte	anti-authoritarian Exarchia • Austerity • Community • conflict • Greece • Manolada • Navarinou Park • Neoliberalism • resistance identity’ • Social Activism • Southern Europe • Steki Metanaston • urban privatisation in Athens • urban studies • Yannis Felekis
ISBN-10	3-319-87730-5 / 3319877305
ISBN-13	978-3-319-87730-3 / 9783319877303
Zustand	Neuware