Protest, Youth and Precariousness : : The Unfinished Fight against Austerity in Portugal / / ed. by José Alberto Vasconcelos Simões, Renato Miguel Carmo.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2020
• MitwirkendeR: Accornero, Guya,; Alves, Nuno de Almeida,; Baumgarten, Britta,; Cairns, David,; Campos, Ricardo,; Carmo, Renato Miguel,; Fonseca, Dora,; Matias, Ana Rita,; Nico, Magda,; Simões, José Alberto Vasconcelos,; Soeiro, José,
• HerausgeberIn: Carmo, Renato Miguel,; Simões, José Alberto Vasconcelos,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Protest, Culture & Society ; 27
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)

After over a decade of the austerity measures that followed the 2008 financial crisis—entailing severe, unpopular policies that have galvanized opposition and frayed social ties—what lies next for European societies? Portugal offers an interesting case for exploring this question, as a nation that was among the hardest hit by austerity and is now seeking a fresh path forward. This collection brings together sociologists, social movement specialists, political scientists, and other scholars to look specifically at how Portuguese youth have navigated this politically and economically difficult period, negotiating uncertain social circumstances as they channel their discontent into protest and collective action.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I Youth Precariousness, Work and Collective Action -- Chapter 1 Precarious Futures From Non-Standard Jobs to an Uncertain Tomorrow -- Chapter 2 Neither ‘New’ nor ‘Normal’ Tales of Precarity from a Life Course Follow-Up Study with Young Adults in Portugal (2009–2016) -- Chapter 3 Precariousness and Multiple- Engagement Activism in Portugal -- Chapter 4 Collective Action at a Crossroad: Trade Unions and Social Movements in the Age of Labour Precariousness and Austerity -- Chapter 5 The Precariat Strikes Back? Political Alternatives to Labour Degradation -- Part II Protest, Media and Democracy -- Chapter 6 Contentious Portugal: Reverberation of the 1974 Revolution in the Portuguese Anti-Austerity Cycle of Protest -- Chapter 7 Forms of Action, Forms of Organisation and Survival Strategies in the Portuguese Anti-Austerity Protests -- Chapter 8 Digital Media, Youth and the New Grammars of Activism in Portugal -- Chapter 9 Reinstitutionalising Democracy: The Role of the Portuguese Elections in Temporally Taming the Democratic Crisis -- Conclusion: Towards a Post-Austerity Turn? -- Index