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Throwing Bricks at a Brick Wall: The G20 and the Antinomies of Protest

Studies in Political Economy

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Title Throwing Bricks at a Brick Wall: The G20 and the Antinomies of Protest
 
Creator Samuel, Chris
 
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Description In “Throwing Bricks at a Brick Wall: The G20 and the Antinomies of Protest,” an examination of the protests against the June 2010 G20 meetings, Chris Samuel argues that debate about the appropriateness of the protestors’ tactics has missed the central question: what impact can oppositional movements have in the current political-economic climate? Samuel posits that it is impossible to adopt the “right” form of political protest in a political field in which there was no opportunity to influence the negotiations. Using Bourdieu’s concept of symbolic power, he argues that the construction of violence “forced protestors to decide between ineffectual marches and marginalizing vandalism.”
 
Publisher Studies in Political Economy
 
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Date 2013-01-02
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://spe.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/spe/article/view/19267
 
Source Studies in Political Economy; Vol 90 (2012): The Politics of Protest
1918-7033
0707-8552
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://spe.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/spe/article/view/19267/16003
 
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