Grassroots Economies
Hardcover 304 pages English October 20, 2020
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The austerity crisis has radically altered the economic landscape of Southern Europe. But alongside the decimation of public services and infrastructure lies the wreckage of a generation's visions for the future. In Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal, there is a new, difficult reality of downward mobility. Grassroots Economies interrogates the effects of the economic crisis on the livelihood of working people, providing insight into their anxieties. Drawing on a rich seam of ethnographic material, it is a distinctive comparative analysis that explores the contradictions of their coping mechanisms and support structures. With a focus on gender, the book explores values and ideologies, including dispossession and accumulation. Ultimately it demonstrates that everyday interactions on the local scale provide a significant sense of the global.
- Author:
- Susana Narotzky
- Publisher:
- Pluto Press
- Publication Date:
- October 20, 2020
- Number of pages:
- 304 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 0745340229
- ISBN-13:
- 9780745340227