The ambivalence of anti-Austerity indignation in Greece: Resistance, hegemony and complicity

History and Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 488-506

  Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defensive Nationalism; Financial Crisis; Greece; Hegemony; Indignation with Austerity; Indirect Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905109122     PISSN: 02757206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757206.2014.917086     Document Type: Article

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