Download Surplus Citizens: Nationalism And Struggle In Greece Portrayed By Dimitra Kotouza Released As Text

The crisis in Greece has elicited the full spectrum of responsesfrom optimism for a leftleaning parliamentary politics inspired by Syrizas electoral victory, to pessimism about the intransigence of the European Union and calls for the reinstatement of a full national sovereignty.

            In Surplus Citizens, Dimitra Kotouza draws on ethnographic research and direct involvement in movements to explore the social struggles in Greece during the recent period of crisis: from the citizencentered movement of the peoples assemblies to new forms of labor activism, environmentalism, antifascist resistance, and prorefugee activism.
Interrogating the strengths, contradictions, and limits of collective action, Surplus Citizens highlights the relevance of Greeces struggles to movements across Europe as we continue to traverse a global financial crisis.

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