Grassroots Economies: Living with Austerity in Southern Europe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780745340234)

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
ISBN-10: 0745340237
ISBN-13: 9780745340234
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Language: English
Published: 10/20/2020
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.30w x 1.10d