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The Ritual of May Day in Western Europe - Past, Present and Future (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Ritual of May Day in Western Europe - Past, Present and Future (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: The Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest, and Culture
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Eric Hobsbawm claimed that the international May Day, which dates
back to a proclamation in 1889 by the Second International, 'is
perhaps the most ambitious of labour rituals'. The first
international May Day demonstrations in 1890 were widely celebrated
across Europe and became the one day each year when organized
labour could present its goals to the public, an eight-hour workday
being the first concrete demand, shortly followed by those for
improved working conditions, universal suffrage, peace among
nations, and international solidarity. The May Day ritual
celebration was the self-assertion and self-definition of the new
labour class through class organization. Thus, it was trade unions
and social democratic and socialist parties throughout Europe which
took the initiative and have sustained May Day as a labour ritual
to this day. Part I of this theoretically-informed volume explores
how May Day demonstrations have evolved and taken different
trajectories in different political contexts. Part II focuses on
May Day rituals today. By comparing demonstration level data of
over 2000 questionnaires from six countries, including Belgium,
Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK, the reader is able to
gain a thorough understanding of how participants are bestowing
meaning on May Day rituals. By concluding with reflections on the
future of the May Day ritual in Western Europe, this
ground-breaking book provides a detailed analysis of its evolution
as a protest event.
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