Book launch: The Mobilization and Demobilization of Middle-Class Revolt
18 June 2019, 6:30 pm–8:30 pm

Join us for the book launch of 'The Mobilization and Demobilization of Middle-Class Revolt' and a discussion with the author, Dr Daniel Ozarow. Dr Ozarow will be joined by Dr Marcela Lopez Levy (Institute of Latin American Studies, UL/Latin American Bureau), Isabel Gutierrez Sanchez (UCL Bartlett), and Dr Sam Halvorsen (Lecturer, Queen Mary, University of London).
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Daisy Voake
Location
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Room 103Institute of the Americas51 Gordon SquareLondonWC1H 0PNUnited Kingdom
Description
Adopting Argentina’s popular uprisings against neoliberalism including the 2001-02 rebellion and subsequent mass protests as a case study, The Mobilization and Demobilization of Middle-Class Revolt analyzes two decades of longitudinal research (1995-2018), including World Bank and Latinobarómeter household survey data, along with participant interviews, to explore why nonpolitically active middle-class citizens engage in radical protest movements, and why they eventually demobilize. In particular it asks, how do they become politicized and resist economic and political crises, along with their own hardship?
Theoretically informed by Gramsci’s notions of hegemony, ideology and class consciousness, Ozarow posits that to affect profound and lasting social change, multisectoral alliances and sustainable mobilizing vehicles are required to maintain radical progressive movements beyond periods of crisis. With the Argentinian revolt understood to be the ideological forbearer to the autonomist-inspired uprisings which later emerged, comparisons are drawn with experiences in the USA, Spain, Greece UK, Iceland and the Middle East, as well as 1990s contexts in South Africa and Russia. Such a comparative analysis helps understand how contextual factors shape distinctive struggling middle-class citizen responses to external shocks.
This book will be of immense value to students, activists and theorists of social change in North America, in Europe and globally.
About the Speakers
Dr Daniel Ozarow
at Middlesex University, London
Dr Marcela Lopez Levy
at Institute of Latin American Studies, UL/Latin American Bureau
Dr Sam Halvorsen
at Queen Mary, University of London
Isabel Gutierrez Sanchez
at UCL Bartlett School of Architecture