Contesting Austerity and Free Trade in the EU: Protest Diffusion in Complex Media and Political Arenas

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Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Dedication Contents List of figures List of interviews Acknowledgements Introduction Democracy in Danger: What’s Wrong With Austerity and Free Trade Agreements? Comparing the Diffusion of Protest Against Austerity and Against Free Trade Agreements Complex Media and Political Arenas Chapter Description 1 Studying Protest Diffusion 1.1. Hard to Be a God: Diffusion in Protest Cycles 1.2. Diffusion Studies: From Hard Tomatoes to Sit-Ins and Occupations 1.3. Players and Arenas in Protest Diffusion 1.4. Key Players 1.5. Conclusions 2 Quiet, You Might Wake Up the Greeks: The Diffusion of Protests Against Austerity 2.1. Lo Spread 2.2. A Brief History of the Economic Crisis and Austerity Measures in the EU 2.3. The Diffusion of Anti-Austerity Protests in Southern Europe: The Main Players and Their Media Practices 2.4. The Curious Absence of Anti-Austerity Protests in Eastern Europe 2.5. Conclusions: Go East! Go West! Forge New Connections 3 ACTA La Vista Baby: The Diffusion of Protest Against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement 3.1. What ACTA Is and Why It Is Important to Study the Diffusion of Protest Against It 3.2. The Politicization of IP 3.3. The Diffusion of Protests Against ACTA: The Main Players and Their Media Practices 3.4. This Protest Is Not Available in Your Country: Why Spain Did Not Protest Against ACTA 3.5. Takeaways for Activists: How to Follow Up on Issues and Avoid Depoliticization 4 TTIP-ing Over Democracy: The Diffusion of Protests Against TTIP and CETA 4.1. TTIP and CETA: “A Symbolic and Practical Assertion of Western Renewal”? 4.2. “Protectionists and Scaremongers Are Winning in Germany”: The Spread of Anti-TTIP Protests 4.3. The Diffusion of Opposition to TTIP and CETA From the Green Left to the Far Right 4.4. The Failed Diffusion of Protests Against TTIP and CETA in Eastern Europe 4.5. Conclusions: Avoid Appropriation by the Far Right! Conclusions Index