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Author Acosta, Raúl, 1972- author.

Title Civil becomings : performative politics in the Amazon and the Mediterranean / Raúl Acosta
Published Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource
Series NGOgraphies : ethnographic reflections on NGOs
NGOgraphies.
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Environmentalism -- Political aspects -- Amazon River Region
Environmentalism -- Political aspects -- Mediterranean Region
Non-governmental organizations -- Amazon River Region
Non-governmental organizations -- Mediterranean Region
Environmentalism -- Political aspects
Non-governmental organizations
Politics and government
SUBJECT Amazon River Region -- Politics and government
Mediterranean Region -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083234
Subject Amazon River Region
Mediterranean Region
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780817393199
0817393196