Beyond spontaneity: Crisis, violence and collective action in Athens

City

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 535-545

  Dalakoglou, Dimitris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Athens; Collective action; Crisis; Extremeright; Para state; Protest; Spontaneity; State; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866845546     PISSN: 13604813     EISSN: 14703629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13604813.2012.720760     Document Type: Article

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