Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Διεθνείς και Ευρωπαϊκές ΣπουδέςLibrary of the Faculties of Political Science and Public Administration, Communication and Mass Media Studies, Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, Sociology
Author:
Partsakoulaki Argyro-Christina
Supervisors info:
Σουζάννα Βέρνυ. Επίκουρη καθηγήτρια. Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης. Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών.
Original Title:
The "anti-austerity" protests: Social response to bailout programs and Europeanisation of protest in times of crisis. The Cases οf Greece, Spain And Ireland
Translated title:
The "anti-austerity" protests: Social response to bailout programs and Europeanisation of protest in times of crisis. The Cases οf Greece, Spain And Ireland
Summary:
Parallel to Europeanisation as a process generating domestic changes in the aftermath of European integration, Europeanization of social movements expresses the shift to transnational strategies or the use of national resources transnationally (Tarrow, 1995). This paper performs a comparative analysis among three member-states of the Eurozone with common bailout experience ‒Greece, Spain and Ireland‒ based on a compilation of the results of existing research. The framework that was used in this paper in order to discuss whether cooperation, communication, common identity claims and issue framing between Southern European movements constitute indicative elements of Europeanisation of protest, showed that it remains, in fact, rather low. However, despite this conclusion, the communicative linkages and the common way in which Spanish and Greek citizens framed their struggles, targeting both national and European actors, seemed to draw on a sense of shared claims and problems, not merely national. These exchanges in the context of anti-austerity protests have enhanced the emergence of a European identity that merged with national protest cultures. This movements shared a common repertoire of European symbols, meanings and values and therefore can be seen as a counter-public capable of fostering genuine forms of cosmopolitan citizenship.
Main subject category:
Social, Political and Economic sciences
Keywords:
Europeanisation of protest, political protest, social movements, contentious collective action, transnational mobilization, financial crisis, austerity, bailout, Greece, Spain, Irerland, Indignados, Greek Outraged
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