Europe in revolt
By: edited by Catarina Príncipe and Bhaskar Sunkara
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9781608465934
Subjects: New Left; Social movements
Description: Examines the key parties and figures behind the wave of resistance by left-wing radicals as a response to extreme austerity measures in Europe, with insider coverage of the roots of the social crisis--and the radicals seeking to reverse it--in Cyprus, England, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden. --Adapted from publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Syriza : the dream that became a nightmare / Panagiotis Sotiris; title: 2. Greece : turning "No" into a political front / Stathis Kouvelakis; title: 3. Cyprus at the crossroads / Leandros Fischer & Daphnos Economou; title: 4. The Left and the "Swedish Model" / Petter Nilsson & David Zachariah; title: 5. The Iceland myth / Vidar Thorsteinsson; title: 6. Resurrecting the Italian Left / David Broder; title: 7. What happened to the French Left? / Clément Petitjean; title: 8. The Dutch Socialist Party : from sect to mass party / Alex de Jong; title: 9. Germany : in the eye of the storm / Mark Bergfeld; title: 10. The adaptable Sinn Féin / Daniel Finn; title: 11. The making of Jeremy Corbyn / Hilary Wainwright; title: 12. The deferred Portuguese revolution / Catarina Príncipe; title: 13. From the Indignados to Podemos? / Luke Stobart.