Gaining freedoms : claiming space in Istanbul and Berlin /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Turam, Berna (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Political participation > Turkey > Istanbul.
Social conflict > Turkey > Istanbul.
Public spaces > Political aspects > Turkey > Istanbul.
Turks > Germany > Berlin > Politics and government.
Social conflict > Germany > Berlin.
Public spaces > Political aspects > Germany > Berlin.
Participation politique > Turquie > İstanbul.
Espaces publics > Aspect politique > Turquie > İstanbul.
Espaces publics > Aspect politique > Allemagne > Berlin.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Political participation
Politics and government
Public spaces > Political aspects
Social conditions
Social conflict
Turks > Politics and government
Istanbul (Turkey) > Politics and government > 21st century.
Istanbul (Turkey) > Social conditions > 21st century.
Kreuzberg (Berlin, Germany)
Germany > Berlin
Germany > Berlin > Kreuzberg
Turkey > Istanbul
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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