From Streets and Squares to Radical Political Emancipation? Resistance Lessons from Athens during the Crisis

Human Geography(United Kingdom)

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-136

  Hadjimichalis, Costis ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atenas Grecia; Athens Greece; Austeridad; Austerity; Crisis; Emancipaci n Pol tica; Political Emancipation; Resistance; Resistencia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927802204     PISSN: 19427786     EISSN: 2633674X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194277861300600209     Document Type: Article

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