A European Youth Revolt (eBook)

European Perspectives on Youth Protest and Social Movements in the 1980s

Bart van der Steen (Autor)

Knud Andresen (Herausgeber)

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2016 | 1st ed. 2016
XVIII, 277 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Verlag)
978-1-137-56570-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This is the first historical collection with a transnational and interdisciplinary perspective on youth, youth revolts and social movements in the 1980s, focusing on both Eastern and Western Europe, and on both political and subcultural movements.

Autor

Knud Andresen is Research Associate at the Forschungsstelle für Zeitgeschichte in Hamburg, Germany. His research focuses on the history of work and the workers movement in Germany, youth and the New Left. His most recent publications include: Triumpherzählungen. Wie Gewerkschafterinnen und Gewerkschafter über ihre Erinnerungen sprechen (2015); ed. with Linde Apel and Kirsten Heinsohn: Es gilt das gesprochene Wort. Oral History und Zeitgeschichte heute (2015); and ed. with Ursula Bitzegeio and Jürgen Mittag: Nach dem Strukturbruch? Kontinuität und Wandel von Arbeitsbeziehungen und Arbeits(welten) seit den 1970er Jahren (2011).Bart van der Steen is Lecturer at Leiden University's Institute of History, Netherlands. His research focuses on interwar labor movements and New Social Movements from 1968 to the present. His most recent publications include: ed. with L. van Hoogenhuijze and A. Katzeff; The City is Ours: Squatting and Autonomous Movements in Europe from the 1970s to the Present (2014) and with R. Blom; Een banier waar geen smet op rust: Geschiedenis van de trotskistische beweging in Nederland (2015).

Inhalt

ContentsIntroduction: The Last Insurrection? Youth, Revolts And Social Movements In The 1980s; Knud Andresen, Bart Van Der SteenConcepts And Debates: Unrest Or Social Movement? Some Conceptual Clarifications; Sebastian Haunss1. Squatters And Autonomist MovementsVienna In March 1981: A 'Puzzling Demonstration' And Its Consequences; Robert FoltinAmsterdam Squatters On The Road: A Case Study In Territorial And Relational Urban Politics; Linus OwensBeyond The Metropolises: Youth Centre Initiatives In The 'Youth Revolt' Of 1980-81 In West Germany; David TemplinRevolt Or Transgression? Squatted Houses And Meeting Places Of The Heroin Scene As Spaces Of Transgressive Youth In The Early 1980s'; Jan-Henrik Friedrichs2.Transforming Radical MovementsWhy Didn't It Happen Here? The Gradual Radicalization Of The Anarchist Movement In Sweden, 1980-1990'; Jan Jämte, Adrienne SörbomNot Only Riflusso: The Repression And Transformation Of Radical Movements In Italy Between 1978 And 1985; Pierpaolo Mudu, Gianni PiazzaThe Arrival Of Desencanto: Explaining The Weakness Of The Spanish Youth Movement In 1980-1981; Enrique Tudela, Claudio Cattaneo3. New Social Movements And Youth ProtestThe Nuclear Freeze Generation: The Early 1980s Anti-Nuclear Movement Between 'Carter's Vietnam' And 'Euroshima'; Dario FazziThe European 'Disability Revolts' Of 1981: How Were They Related To The Youth Movement?; Monika BaàrBetween Political Failure And Cultural Identity: The Emergence Of The 'Beur Movement' In France In The 1980s'; Didier Chabanet4. Punk And ProtestA Place Called Johnny Rotten Square: The Ljubljana Punk Scene And The Subversion Of Socialist Yugoslavia; Oskar MulejPunk Against Communism: The Jarocin Rock Festival And Revolting Youth In 1980s Poland; Grzegorz PietrowskiRiotous Assembly: British Punk's Cultural Diaspora In The Summer Of '81; Mathew Worley5. Expert DebatesApathy, Subversion, And The Network Sublime: Envisioning Youth Unrest In West Germany, 1980-87; Jake SmithDefining Political Dissidence: The Swiss Debate On The Riots Of 1980-81; Jan HansenFrom 'Bloody Brixton' To 'Burning Britain': Placing The Riots Of 1981 In British Post-Imperial History; Almuth Ebke?

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.4.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements
• Zusatzinfo: XVIII, 277 p.
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: 1980s • Britain • childhood studies • communism • Europe • European History • France • Germany • History • Polis • political subcultures • Protest • Punk • Social Movements • Youth • Youth Revolts
• ISBN-10: 1-137-56570-5 / 1137565705
• ISBN-13: 978-1-137-56570-9 / 9781137565709