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After the multidimensional financial crisis of 2008, the member
states of the Eurozone imposed a set of economic policies to save
their economies. Socially unpopular cuts contributed to the
occurrence of violent movements that both opposed austerity
policies and created animosity towards the politicians who
implemented them. Combining qualitative and quantitative
comparative analyses from anti-austerity movements in 14 Eurozone
states from 2007 to 2015, Joanna Rak develops an original typology
of patterns of a culture of political violence to explain why some
anti-austerity movements turned to violence and others did not,
despite having shared goals and political values. She uncovers the
very nature of the differences and similarities between cultures of
political violence, identifies their sources, and determines their
differing results. Simultaneously, she opens a discussion on the
exploratory and explanatory utility of the category of a culture of
political violence in the Social Sciences. Theorizing Cultures of
Political Violence in Times of Austerity casts new light on the
scholarly debate on cultures of political violence and
anti-austerity violent behavior, making it a compelling read for
scholars of political sociology, political behavior, comparative
politics, European politics, and sociology.
This book examines contemporary militant democracies in
post-communist states in the European Union. Examining, through
case studies, their broader relevance to political, legal, and
social structures, this book looks in revealing detail at the
struggles between these democratic and anti-democratic actors that
share similar historical experiences of contentious politics,
communism, and political transformation. It importantly unravels
the tension between them, determining which are already
authoritarian, and which are teetering on the brink of an
anti-democratic breakthrough. Analysing regimes' continuance
trajectories to capture how and what shaped the neo-militant
aspects of democracies (neomilitancy) over time, the book accounts
for why particular post-communist European neo-militant democracies
emerge while others decline or transform into quasi-militant
democracies despite transformation, how they differ from each
other, what brings about the differences and similarities between
them, and how and why they change over time. With right-wing
populist parties coming to power on the back of fears associated
with economic, social, and cultural globalisation and the misuse of
state authorities to strengthen protective measures against threats
to democratic institutions, the book represents a timely and
important contribution. This book will be of key interest to
scholars and students of Post-Soviet/Communist/East European
Studies, Democratic Backsliding, European and Comparative Politics,
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict, Democracy and Dictatorship, Public
Comparative Constitutional Law, Human Rights Law and Political
Theory.
After the multidimensional financial crisis of 2008, the member
states of the Eurozone imposed a set of economic policies to save
their economies. Socially unpopular cuts contributed to the
occurrence of violent movements that both opposed austerity
policies and created animosity towards the politicians who
implemented them. Combining qualitative and quantitative
comparative analyses from anti-austerity movements in 14 Eurozone
states from 2007 to 2015, Joanna Rak develops an original typology
of patterns of a culture of political violence to explain why some
anti-austerity movements turned to violence and others did not,
despite having shared goals and political values. She uncovers the
very nature of the differences and similarities between cultures of
political violence, identifies their sources, and determines their
differing results. Simultaneously, she opens a discussion on the
exploratory and explanatory utility of the category of a culture of
political violence in the Social Sciences. Theorizing Cultures of
Political Violence in Times of Austerity casts new light on the
scholarly debate on cultures of political violence and
anti-austerity violent behavior, making it a compelling read for
scholars of political sociology, political behavior, comparative
politics, European politics, and sociology.
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