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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816572603321

Autore

Acosta Raúl <1972->

Titolo

Civil becomings : performative politics in the Amazon and the Mediterranean / / Raúl Acosta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa : , : The University of Alabama Press, , 2020

ISBN

0-8173-9319-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations

Collana

NGOgraphies: ethnographic reflections on NGOs

Disciplina

320.5809811

Soggetti

Environmentalism - Political aspects - Mediterranean Region

Environmentalism - Political aspects - Amazon River Region

Non-governmental organizations - Mediterranean Region

Non-governmental organizations - Amazon River Region

Amazon River Region Politics and government

Mediterranean Region Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Alternative political engagements -- Part 1. Settings -- The Brazilian Amazon and its socioenvironmentalist Movement -- Barcelona and its nationalist yet progressive milieu -- Plural Networks -- Advocacy networks' communicative characters -- Entangled agency in networked activism -- Part 3. Alternative performative politics -- Marches and meetings -- Knowledge, science, and legitimacy -- Part 4. Informed aspirations -- Moral entanglements -- Democracy reimagined -- Conclusion: Nonlinear political developments.

Sommario/riassunto

"An anthropological approach to an emerging form of transnational political engagement by independent civil society organizations"--