Mutual aid and solidarity politics in times of emergency: direct social action and temporality in Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
From the spring of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and the social distancing measures introduced created a series of social problems and needs that were partially addressed in Italy as well as in other countries by grassroots mutual aid initiatives. This article analyses these initiatives as direct soci...
| Publicado en: | Social Movement Studies Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 756 - 777 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2024
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