Theorizing Cultures of Political Violence in Times of Austerity: Studying Social Movements in Comparative Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780367666422 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 196 str.

Joanna Rak

Opis

Combining qualitative and quantitative comparative analyses from anti-austerity movements in 14 Eurozone states, Joanna Rak develops an original typology of patterns of a culture of political violence to explain why some anti-austerity movements turned to violence and others did not.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Theoretical Approaches towards Cultures of Political Violence  2. Post-2008 Cultures of Political Violence in the Eurozone  3. Towards the Explanations of the Sources of Cultures of Political Violence  4. Looking for the Immediate Aftermaths of Cultures of Political Violence  Conclusions and Discussion on the Limitations of the Research

O autorze

Joanna Rak is an assistant professor of Political Science and Journalism and the Chair of Political Culture at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland. In 2016 and 2017, she was a visiting researcher at CEU San Pablo University in Madrid. Her research interests are cultures of political violence, dynamics of radicalization, anti-austerity movements, political epistemic apparatuses, social mobilization, and cultural security. Her current research is on the culture of political violence dynamics of anti-austerity movements in Europe and contemporary Russian authoritarianism and totalitarianism.