In the shadow of the Iron Curtain
| Titel: | In the shadow of the Iron Curtain : Central and Eastern European alterglobalists / Grzegorz Piotrowski |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Frankfurt am Main : PL Academic Research, [2017] |
| Umfang: | 209 Seiten : Illustrationen |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISBN: | 9783631677339 ; 3631677332 |
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- Introduction
- p. 13
- Chapter 1
- Studying social movements in Central and Eastern Europe
- p. 25
- Qualitative studies of social movements
- p. 26
- Arena of struggles
- p. 30
- Gatekeepers
- p. 33
- Key Informants
- p. 36
- Sampling
- p. 37
- The Interviews
- p. 38
- Other Data Sources
- p. 39
- Conclusions
- p. 42
- Chapter 2
- Alterglobalism
- p. 43
- Where does the term alterglobalism come from?
- p. 49
- History of the movement
- p. 50
- Key alterglobalist events in Central and Eastern Europe
- p. 56
- Composition of the movement
- p. 60
- Different levels of activism
- p. 70
- Changes within the movement
- p. 72
- Problems with Anti-Americanism
- p. 75
- Organization
- p. 80
- Conclusions
- p. 84
- Chapter 3
- Western activism meets Eastern reality: alterglobalism in Central and Eastern Europe
- p. 89
- Explaining cross-national similarities
- p. 92
- East - west cooperation
- p. 97
- The diffusion of ideas and practices in Central and Eastern Europe
- p. 101
- Conclusion
- p. 109
- Chapter 4
- Postsocialism
- p. 113
- What is the area of study and why?
- p. 114
- Central and Eastern Europe - history, politics and contentious protests
- p. 118
- Social and economic transformations
- p. 118
- Social apathy
- p. 122
- The rejection of 'the left' and the dominance of the conservative discourse
- p. 126
- Conclusion
- p. 131
- Chapter 5
- Civil Society, Uncivil Society and Grassroots Activism
- p. 135
- What is civil society?
- p. 136
- Civil society in Central and Eastern Europe
- p. 138
- The 'third cycle - youth between the communist party and the dissidents
- p. 141
- After the transformation
- p. 143
- The concept of uncivil' society
- p. 146
- Civil society and social movements
- p. 147
- Conclusions
- p. 150
- Chapter 6
- The scene - the cultural background of the movement
- p. 153
- The Scene - the background for the movement
- p. 154
- Culture or subculture? Various models of subculture
- p. 168
- Purity of the scene
- p. 170
- Green issues
- p. 175
- Conclusion
- p. 179
- Conclusions
- p. 181
- Local and national biases of the movement: to what extent can one speak about a truly global movement and which of its features are globalized?
- p. 182
- What is characteristic for the alterglobalist movement in CEE?
- p. 184
- Local specifics of the movement. Similarities and differences
- p. 185
- Self-image of the movement and its reputation
- p. 186
- A lack of variety within the movement
- p. 188
- The goals of the movements
- p. 189
- The effect of postsocialism on the development of the movement
- p. 190
- The problem of the left
- p. 190
- Differences between language and reality
- p. 191
- Continuity or not: are the movements anti-capitalist or anti-systemic?
- p. 191
- The development of the civil society in the region and its consequences for the movement
- p. 192
- Infra and sub politics: how the movements define politics?
- p. 193
- The concept of the scene and its significance for the movement
- p. 194
- Bibliography
- p. 197
- Table of figures
- p. 209
