Austerity & Democracy in Athens Crisis and Community in Exarchia /

• Main Author: Cappuccini, Monia (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Sociology, Urban.; Urban geography.; Democracy.; Ethnography.; Ethnology.; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Cultural Anthropology.

This book, based on an empirical form of narration, outlines a short-medium term analysis of the social impact of austerity politics on urban life.. Set in Exarchia, a radical and anti-authoritarian neighbourhood located within the city centre of Athens, Greece, this is an ethnography examining the...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Stepping into Exarchia
• 3. "The dictatorship did not end in 1973"
• 4. This is not a myth
• 5. Number Thirteen
• 6. Number fifteen
• 7. Number ten/a
• 8. The walls of Exarchia
• 9. Greek fire
• 10. Re-visiting urban space: auste-city politics amidst the crisis
• 11. Conclusions
• Index.