Voices of the valley, voices of the straits
Subtitle: how protest creates communities
By: Donatella della Porta and Gianni Piazza.
Contributors: Piazza, Gianni, 1963-
Series: Protest, culture and society -- v. 1
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781845455156
Subjects: Protest movements -- Italy; Communities -- Italy; Environmentalism -- Italy; High speed trains -- Environmental aspects -- Italy -- Susa Valley; Bridges -- Environmental aspects -- Italy -- Messina, Strait of
Description: "Protest campaigns against large-scale public works usually take place within a local context. However, since the 1990s new forms of protest have been emerging. This book analyses two cases from Italy that illustrate this development: the environmentalist protest campaigns against the TAV (the building of a new high-speed railway in Val de Susa, close to the border with France), and the construction of the Bridge on the Messina Straits (between Calabria and Sicily). Such mobilizations emerge from local conflicts but develop as part of a global justice movement, often resulting in the production of new identities. They are promoted through multiple networks of different social and political groups, that share common claims and adopt various forms of protest action. It is during the protest campaigns that a sense of community is created."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.