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Author Acosta, Raul, 1972- author.

Title Civil becomings : performative politics in the Amazon and the Mediterranean / Raul Acosta.

Publication Info. Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, 2020.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations.
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series NGOgraphies: ethnographic reflections on NGOs
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Alternative political engagements -- Part 1. Settings -- The Brazilian Amazon and its socioenvironmentalist Movement -- Barcelona and its nationalist yet progressive milieu -- Plural Networks -- Advocacy networks' communicative characters -- Entangled agency in networked activism -- Part 3. Alternative performative politics -- Marches and meetings -- Knowledge, science, and legitimacy -- Part 4. Informed aspirations -- Moral entanglements -- Democracy reimagined -- Conclusion: Nonlinear political developments.
Summary "An anthropological approach to an emerging form of transnational political engagement by independent civil society organizations"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Environmentalism -- Political aspects -- Mediterranean Region.
Environmentalism -- Political aspects -- Amazon River Region.
Non-governmental organizations -- Mediterranean Region.
Non-governmental organizations -- Amazon River Region.
Amazon River Region -- Politics and government.
Mediterranean Region -- Politics and government.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Acosta, Raul, 1972- Civil becomings : performative politics in the Amazon and the Mediterranean. Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, 2020 225 pages 9780817320676 (DLC) 2019052165
ISBN 9780817320676
9780817393199 (e-book)

 
    
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