Cultural Economy of Protest in Post-Socialist European Union

Name: Cultural Economy of Protest in Post-Socialist European Union
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Cultural Economy of Protest in Post-Socialist European UnionVillage Fascists and their Rivals\nAuthor(s): Juraj Buzalka\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367431518, 978-0367431518\nSynopsis\nFocusing on Slovakia and East Central Europe, this book examines the cultural economy of protest and considers how the origins of political movements progressive and reactionary derive from resilient agrarian features.\n\nIt draws attention to how the legacy of rural socialist modernization influences contemporary politics and to the village version of fascism developing in the region. The chapters look at the interplay of post-peasant economic and political habits and representations as a result of state-socialism and with regard to the European project, as viewed through an ethnographic lens. Juraj Buzalka describes the bulk of Slovak citizens as post-socialist Europeans with a connection to the countryside who feel th.