Infrastructures of Caring Citizenship by Isabel Gutirrez Sn... - 9780820375069

Infrastructures of Caring CitizenshipCommoning Social Reproduction in Crisis-Ridden Athens, Greece\nAuthor(s): Isabel Gutirrez Snchez\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Georgia Press, United States\nImprint: University of Georgia Press\nISBN-13: 9780820375069, 978-0820375069\nSynopsis\nInfrastructures of Caring Citizenship examines instances of collective struggle and (re)organization of social reproduction against the backdrop of the crisis that followed the international banking crash in 2008. Drawing on a long-term engagement with four grassroots initiatives, a social kitchen, a social clinic, and an accommodation center with refugees and a community center, Gutirrez Snchez introduces the concept of Infrastructures of Caring Citizenship (ICCs) as a theoretical tool for the examination of spaces of collective resistance where new commons are formed that enable the sustenance of everyday life. Furthermore, the book unpacks how such resistance challenges crisis governmental.