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Gaining freedoms : claiming space in Istanbul and Berlin /

Gaining Freedoms reveals a new locus for global political change: everyday urban contestation. Cities are often assumed hotbeds of socio-economic division, but this assessment overlooks the importance of urban space and the everyday activities of urban life for empowerment, emancipation, and democra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Turam, Berna (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the city and the government
  • Between state spaces and autonomous places
  • Part 1. On neighborhood politics. A neighborhood divided by lifestyles
  • Affinities in the zones of freedom
  • Part 2. On campus politics. Fault lines on campus
  • New coalitions in safe zones
  • Part 3. On "ethnic" neighborhoods. Kreuzberg's divided diaspora
  • Emerging solidarities in immigrant zones
  • Conclusion : unified opposition to the divided supremacy of the AKP.