Urban revolt : state power and the rise of people's movements in the global south /

How do individuals and organizations move beyond the boundaries of constitutional or legal constructs to challenge neoliberalism and capitalism' As major urban areas have become the principal sites of poor and working-class social upheaval in the early twenty-first century, the chapters in this...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ngwane, Trevor (Editor ), Sinwell, Luke (Editor ), Ness, Immanuel (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Haymarket Books, 2017.
Temas:
Urban poor > Political activity > Developing countries.
Working class > Political activity > Developing countries.
Social movements > Developing countries.
Social justice > Developing countries.
Rural-urban migration > Developing countries.
Squatter settlements > Developing countries.
Political science.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Economy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Economic history.
Rural-urban migration.
Social conditions.
Social justice.
Social movements.
Squatter settlements.
Urban poor > Political activity.
Working class > Political activity.
Developing countries > Social conditions.
Developing countries > Economic conditions.
Developing countries.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I: African Movements of the Urban Poor
  • Chapter 1: Thembelihle Burning, Hope Rising
  • Chapter 2: Against All Odds
  • The "Spirit of Marikana" and the Resurgence of the Working-Class Movement in South Africa
  • Chapter 3: Makoko Slum Settlement
  • Migrant Peasants on the Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria
  • Part II: Protest and Struggle in Latin America
  • Chapter 4: The Ayotzinapa Massacre
  • Mexico's Popular Protests and New Landscapes of Indignation
  • Chapter 5: The Case of the West Zone
  • Urban Revolt and Social Movement Adaptations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Chapter 6: The Uruguayan Recyclers' Union
  • Clasificadores, Circulation, and the Challenge of Mobile Labor Organization
  • Part III: Urban Squatter Movements in South Asia: Kolkata and Jakarta
  • Chapter 7: The Nonadanga Eviction in Kolkata
  • Contemporary Urban Development and People's Resistance
  • Chapter 8: The Struggle of the Urban Poor against Forced Eviction in Jakarta
  • Contributor Biographies
  • References
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Back Cover

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