Domesticating Social Justice Activism in the Global Era? The
Process of Reconfiguring the Czech Social Justice Movement in
Times of Crisis

J 2014

Domesticating Social Justice Activism in the Global Era? The Process of Reconfiguring the Czech Social Justice Movement in Times of Crisis

NAVRÁTIL, Jiří

Basic information

Original name

Domesticating Social Justice Activism in the Global Era? The Process of Reconfiguring the Czech Social Justice Movement in Times of Crisis

Authors

NAVRÁTIL, Jiří (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Studies in Social Justice, 2014, 1911-4788

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50601 Political science

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14560/14:00075769

Organization unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Keywords in English

global justice movements; czech republic; protests; activism

Změněno: 27/3/2015 16:10, Mgr. et Mgr. Nikol Zachovalová Barochová

Abstract

V originále

The contemporary economic crisis is sometimes labeled as the greatest crisis of capitalism since the Great Depression. Therefore one might expect it to become a perfect mobilizing grievance for the transnational social justice movement, which used to target the ideology of neoliberal governance and social consequences of unrestricted global financial markets. However, the current responses to the crisis and consequent austerity policies have remained mostly embedded at the national or even local level. The symbols of this struggle—Los Indignados and the Occupy movement—have focused on targeting national political issues rather than on organizing transnational coalitions and international protest events, while paying little attention to the role of global institutions and corporations. This article focuses on the case of Czech Republic and traces two broad processes—scale shift and identity shift— that led to a broader change in the meta-logic of social justice mobilization. These processes and their constituent mechanisms have transformed the globally-focused and weakly-integrated movement into dense and nationally embedded coalitions that have started to target the national consequences of neoliberal governance instead of its global political foundations.

Links

EE2.3.30.0009, research and development project

Name: Zaměstnáním čerstvých absolventů doktorského studia k vědecké excelenci

Citovat

NAVRÁTIL, Jiří. Domesticating Social Justice Activism in the Global Era? The Process of Reconfiguring the Czech Social Justice Movement in Times of Crisis. Studies in Social Justice. 2014, vol. 8, No 2, p. 181-205. ISSN 1911-4788.

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NAVRÁTIL, Jiří. Domesticating Social Justice Activism in the Global Era? The Process of Reconfiguring the Czech Social Justice Movement in Times of Crisis. \textit{Studies in Social Justice}. 2014, vol.~8, No~2, p.~181-205. ISSN~1911-4788.

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