Citizens of Nowhere
Subtitle: How Europe Can Be Saved from Itself
Publisher: Zed Books, Limited
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781786993724
Subjects: Democracy; Europe, politics and government, 21st century; Europe, economic conditions
Description: Europe might appear like a continent pulling itself apart. Ten years of economic and political crises have pitted North versus South, East versus West, citizens versus institutions. And yet, these years have also shown a hidden vitality of Europeans acting across borders, with civil society and social movements showing that alternatives to the status quo already exist. This book is at once a narrative of the experience of activism and a manifesto for change. Through analysing the ways in which neoliberalism, nationalism and borders intertwine, Marsili and Milanese - co-founders of European Alternatives - argue that we are in the middle of a great global transformation, by which we have all become citizens of nowhere. Ultimately, they argue that only by organising in a new transnational political party will the citizens of nowhere be able to struggle effectively for the utopian agency to transform the world. --