Struggling for a Social Europe
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Author_Andy Mathers
Bolkestein Directive
Capitalist EU
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Civil Society
collective action theory
Common Language
Contemporary Societies
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EU Institution
EU Summit
european
European Co-ordinating Committee
European Employment Strategy
European integration
European Marches
European Marches Network
Gorz's Analysis
Gorz’s Analysis
IG Metall
labour movement decline
Le Parti Socialiste
marches
Neo-liberal Europe
Neoliberal Europe
neoliberalism impact on welfare systems
protest movements Europe
Social Democratic Left
social policy analysis
Town Hall
Tute Bianche
UK Activist
UK Organisation
Unconditional Income
Unemployed Associations
Unemployment Benefit Recipients
Welfare Reforms
welfare state reform
Product details
- ISBN 9781138266902
- Weight: 410g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Nov 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 movement to key matters such as economic, employment and welfare state restructuring along neoliberal lines. He also challenges ideas about the nature of contemporary collective action and the character of present day social movements. Mathers discusses the significance of the movement and its future development through a critical engagement with the work of major writers in European sociology and of academics influential in the wider global movement such as Pierre Bourdieu. A postscript brings readers fully up-to-date with developments in the type of 'social Europe' propagated by the institutions of the EU as well as in the maturation of a social movement to oppose it.
Andy Mathers is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Sociology, University of the West of England, UK.
