Resistance in the Age of Austerity
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Resistance in the Age of Austerity

Nationalism, the Failure of the Left and the Return of God

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Resistance in the Age of Austerity

Nationalism, the Failure of the Left and the Return of God

About this book

In November 1999 the first protests associated with the 'anti-globalisation movement' took place in Seattle, and came to be seen as the starting point for globalised resistance to neoliberal capitalism. Despite initial optimism, the following years have seen little progress in formulating a coherent alternative to neoliberalism, a failure that has become particularly poignant in the aftermath of the recent credit crisis. Now, the neoliberal mandate that appeared to be in 'crisis' in just 2008 has reinvented itself through the guise of a new 'era of austerity'.In this timely book, Worth assesses the growing diversity of resistance to neoliberalism - progressive, nationalist and religious - and argues that, troublingly, the more reactionary alternatives to globalisation currently provide just as coherent a base for building opposition as those associated with the traditional 'left-wing' anti-globalisation movements. From the shortcomings of the Occupy movement to the rise of Radical Islam, the re-emergence of the far-right in Western Europe to the startling impact of the Tea Party in the US - Worth shows that while a progressive alternative is possible, it cannot be taken for granted.

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Information

Publisher
Zed Books
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781780323350
9781780323367
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9781780323381

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. About the Author
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction: in search of a new Prince
  8. 1 The end of history?
  9. 2 Resistance and counter-hegemony
  10. 3 Another world is possible?
  11. 4 Nationalist and exceptionalist responses
  12. 5 The return of God
  13. 6 The age of austerity
  14. 7 Neoliberalism and potential transformation
  15. Notes
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index

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