Back to Solidarity-Based Living? The Economic Crisis and the Development of Alternative Projects in Portugal

<span class="abs_content">The socio-economic crisis in 2011 caused a decrease in living standards for a large part of the Portuguese population, especially after the implementation of a new austerity programme. At the same time the country saw an increase in alternative projects such...

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Autor principal:	Britta Baumgarten
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Publicado:	Coordinamento SIBA 2017
Materias:	economic crisis exchange networks portugal rede convergir resilience urban gardening Political science (General) JA1-92
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fdc43451c52c4ef0a947045da5931e6a2021-11-21T15:11:39ZBack to Solidarity-Based Living? The Economic Crisis and the Development of Alternative Projects in Portugal1972-76232035-660910.1285/i20356609v10i1p169https://doaj.org/article/fdc43451c52c4ef0a947045da5931e6a2017-05-01T00:00:00Zhttp://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/17120https://doaj.org/toc/1972-7623https://doaj.org/toc/2035-6609<span class="abs_content">The socio-economic crisis in 2011 caused a decrease in living standards for a large part of the Portuguese population, especially after the implementation of a new austerity programme. At the same time the country saw an increase in alternative projects such as: self-organised cultural centres; urban gardening groups; and solidarity-based exchange networks. The main aim of this contribution is to analyse how the crisis impacted these projects in Portugal in cities and also rural areas. The argument that the crisis had an adverse effect on resilience projects is strengthened by the results of case studies in other countries affected by the crisis and by empirical observations regarding the case of Portugal. After having reviewed the scarce literature on social resilience and alternative projects I present data from an analysis of internet pages and a questionnaire on the impact of the socio-economic crisis on the projects of Rede Convergir in 2015.</span><br />Britta BaumgartenCoordinamento SIBAarticleeconomic crisisexchange networksportugalrede convergirresilienceurban gardeningPolitical science (General)JA1-92ENPartecipazione e Conflitto, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 169-192 (2017)
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description	<span class="abs_content">The socio-economic crisis in 2011 caused a decrease in living standards for a large part of the Portuguese population, especially after the implementation of a new austerity programme. At the same time the country saw an increase in alternative projects such as: self-organised cultural centres; urban gardening groups; and solidarity-based exchange networks. The main aim of this contribution is to analyse how the crisis impacted these projects in Portugal in cities and also rural areas. The argument that the crisis had an adverse effect on resilience projects is strengthened by the results of case studies in other countries affected by the crisis and by empirical observations regarding the case of Portugal. After having reviewed the scarce literature on social resilience and alternative projects I present data from an analysis of internet pages and a questionnaire on the impact of the socio-economic crisis on the projects of Rede Convergir in 2015.</span><br />
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title	Back to Solidarity-Based Living? The Economic Crisis and the Development of Alternative Projects in Portugal
title_short	Back to Solidarity-Based Living? The Economic Crisis and the Development of Alternative Projects in Portugal
title_full	Back to Solidarity-Based Living? The Economic Crisis and the Development of Alternative Projects in Portugal
title_fullStr	Back to Solidarity-Based Living? The Economic Crisis and the Development of Alternative Projects in Portugal
title_full_unstemmed	Back to Solidarity-Based Living? The Economic Crisis and the Development of Alternative Projects in Portugal
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Back to Solidarity-Based Living? The Economic Crisis and the Development of Alternative Projects in Portugal

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