Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global RevolutionsVerso Books, 2012 M01 9 - 244 páginas The world is facing a wave of uprisings, protests and revolutions: Arab dictators swept away, public spaces occupied, slum-dwellers in revolt, cyberspace buzzing with utopian dreams. Events we were told were consigned to history—democratic revolt and social revolution—are being lived by millions of people. In this compelling new book, Paul Mason explores the causes and consequences of this great unrest. From Cairo to Athens, Wall Street and Westminster to Manila, Mason goes in search of the changes in society, technology and human behavior that have propelled a generation onto the streets in search of social justice. In a narrative that blends historical insight with first-person reportage, Mason shines a light on these new forms of activism, from the vast, agile networks of cyberprotest to the culture wars and tent camps of the #occupy movement. The events, says Mason, reflect the expanding power of the individual and call for new political alternatives to elite rule and global poverty. |
Contenido
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Britains Youth Rebel Against | 41 |
So Why Did It Kick Off? The Social Roots of the | 65 |
The Anomic State? From Austerity to Social | 87 |
Economic Causes of the Present Unrest | 105 |
Individual | 127 |
A Journey through Jobless | 153 |
Wave | 171 |
Slum Dwellers versus the Superrich | 193 |
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