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Rebellion and Repression in Italy, 1972-77

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20005485
AutoresPhil Edwards (0000-0003-4431-8822, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Páginas232
Fecha de publicación2009-12-01
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaMore Work Less Pay Rebellion And Repression In Italy 19727 (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialWinchester University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.7228/manchester/9780719078736.001.0001
OpenAlexW4246491404
Open LibraryOL26013730M
ISBN9780719078736
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5

In the mid-1970s, a wave of contentious radicalism swept through Italy. Groups and movements such as ‘Proletarian youth’, ‘metropolitan Indians’ and ‘the area of Autonomy’ practised new forms of activism, which were confrontational and often violent. Creative and brutal, intransigent and playful, the movements flourished briefly before being suppressed through heavy policing and political exclusion. This is a full-length study of these movements. Building on Sidney Tarrow's ‘cycle of contention’ model and drawing on a wide range of Italian materials, it tells the story of a unique group of political movements, and of their disastrous engagement with the mainstream Left. As well as shedding light on a neglected period of twentieth century history, this book offers lessons for understanding today's contentious movements (‘No Global’, ‘Black Bloc’) and today's ‘armed struggle’ groups

Aesthetics · Art · Autonomy · Mainstream · Period (music) · Political economy · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · Proletariat · Sociology · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Gender Studies · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · History · Italy · politics and government · Protest movements · Radicalism · Social conditions