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SUMMARY:Beyond Anti-Austerity? The Possibilities and Limits of Movements 
 Resisting Neoliberalism
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DESCRIPTION:The wave of protests instigated by the financial crisis in 20
 11 has already developed new tactical repertoires and targeted both econ
 omic and political elites across a wide range of national contexts. \n\n
 In Europe\, the loudest rallying cry has become ‘Anti-Austerity’\, bring
 ing mass protests against a seeming consensus among governments that str
 ingent cuts to welfare and services are the only economically viable rou
 te to recovery. Early hopes among the left that the financial crisis mig
 ht kick start a shift away from market-centric orthodoxies have been dis
 appointed as it has become obvious that for those in power the answer to
  neoliberalism’s crisis is further neoliberalism. \n\nDo these new movem
 ents offer anything novel in opposing this old enemy? Is this conflict p
 urely motivated by defence of what is left of the welfare states? Does t
 he current conjuncture raise new opportunities or pose new limits for re
 sistance to neoliberalism?\n\nBeyond Anti-Austerity? will be a roundtabl
 e event to elaborate and explore these questions and many others. Chaire
 d by Gemma Edwards (UoM\, Sociology)\, we’ll ensure there is plenty of t
 ime for discussion after opening contributions from our panel:\n\n* Mari
 anne Maeckelbergh (Leiden University\, Anthropology): Can anti-austerity
  move from resistance to revolt?\n* Colin Barker (MMU): What about the w
 orkers?\n* Carl Death (UoM\, Politics): Conceptualising resistance to ne
 oliberalism: ‘counter-conducts’?\n* Jamie Matthews (UoM\, Sociology): Wh
 at forms of action and identity are possible in austerity?\n* Nadim Mirs
 hak (UoM\, Politics): Building counter-hegemony through education?\n\nTh
 is event has been co-organised by movements@manchester and the Global Po
 litical Economy Research Cluster. It is part of a series of events celeb
 rating 50 years of sociology at The University of Manchester.
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Boardroom\, 2nd Floor\, Arthur Lewis Building\, Manchester
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