Bieber / Brentin Social Movements in the Balkans

Rebellion and Protest from Maribor to Taksim
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-68462-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten

Reihe: Southeast European Studies

From Slovenia to Turkey, social movements and protests have shaken the political systems of Southeast Europe. Confronting issues such as austerity, the provision and privatisation of welfare, public utilities and public space, corruption, bureaucratic inefficiency, environmental concerns and authoritarian tendencies, these revolts have also served as conduits for broader social and political discontent. While they have contributed to the defeat of unpopular policies and practices and the fall of governments, perhaps their most significant impact has been in creating dynamic political and social actors and contributing to the realignment of the political space.
This volume sheds new light on the wave of protests and emerging social movements. Placing individual protests in a wider context, it highlights connections between different social movements and discusses parallels with similar movements from recent history. The contributors include both well-established scholars and up-and-coming researchers who engage with both activist and academic perspectives to identify the similar and varying dynamics of both the protests and the governments’ responses to them.
Building upon studies of social movements, the book will be of interest to scholars examining political dissent, protests and mechanisms of mobilisation in the region.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bieber, Florian

Brentin, Dario

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Social Movements and Protests in Southeastern Europe. A New Tragedy of the Commons?
Florian Bieber and Dario Brentin

Divided they Stand: The Dilemma of Non-Formal Political Activism in a Divided Society

Heiko Wimmen

Maribor’s Social Uprising in the European Crisis: from Anti-Politics of People to Politicisation of periphery’s surplus population?

Gal Kirn

Of ‘Stronger State’ and Counter-Democracy. The Street Protests in Bulgaria from 2012 and 2013 in the Accounts of Participants

Valentina Gueorguieva

The Space of Social Mobilizations in Greece

Kostas Plevris

At the Crossroads of Cultural and Ideological Exchange - Behind the Visual Communications of 2012/2013 Slovene ProtestsKsenija Berk

Social Media and 'Balkans' Spring

Željka Lekic-Subašic

Not Seeing the Forest for the Trees. From Single-Issue Protest to Resonant Mass-Movements in Greece, Turkey and Bosnia-Herzegovina

Chiara Milan and Leonidas Oikonomakis

Mapping Protest Politics: The Roots and Patterns of Elite-Challenging Actions in Post-Communist Southeastern Europe

Marius I. Tatar

The International Context Of Mass Political Unrest in The Balkans – Conceptual Issues and Perspectives

Mark Kramer

Über Autor(innen)

Florian Bieber is a Professor of Southeast European History and Politics at the University of Graz, Austria and director of the Centre for Southeast European Studies at the University of Graz and coordinator of the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG). He was previously Lecturer in East European Politics at the University of Kent, UK. He received his M.A. in Political Science and History and his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Vienna, as well as an M.A. in Southeast European Studies from Central European University (Budapest).

Dario Brentin is a University Assistant at the Centre for Southeast European Studies at the University of Graz. He is also currently completing his PhD thesis at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London working on the topic of sport and national identity in post-Yugoslav Croatia. He obtained his Mag. Phil. in Political Science and Eastern European History at the University of Vienna. He has taught at University of Vienna and has since been a Visiting Lecturer at University of Copenhagen and University of Brighton.