Crisis and Revolt in Spain

A Review of The Limits to Capital in Spain: Crisis and Revolt in the European South by Greig Charnock, Thomas Purcell and Ramon Ribera-Fumaz, and Fin de ciclo. Financiarización, territorio y sociedad de propietarios en la onda larga del capitalismo hispano (1959–2010) by Isidro López and Emmanuel Rodríguez

In: Historical Materialism
Author: Oscar Berglund 1
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  • 1 University of Bristol
Online Publication Date:
03 Aug 2017
In:
Volume 25: Issue 2
Article Type:
Research Article
Page Count:
145–160
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/1569206X-12341517
Keywords:
Spain; crisis; working class; real estate; resistance

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In this review of The Limits to Capital in Spain by Greig Charnock, Thomas Purcell and Ramon Ribera-Fumaz and Fin de Ciclo by Isidro López and Emmanuel Rodríguez, I discuss how the two books advance our understanding of the Spanish crisis and the forms of resistance that have arisen since it began in 2008.

In:
Historical Materialism
E-ISSN:
1569-206X
Print ISSN:
1465-4466
Publisher:
Brill
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