Urban Revolt
State Power and the Rise of People's Movements in the Global South
By Immanuel Ness, Luke Sinwell, Trevor Ngwane | Publisher: Haymarket Books
About the book
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 book explore key cities in the Global South. Through detailed cases studies, Urban Revolt unravels the potential and limitations of urban social movements on an international level.
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- ISBN 9781608467143
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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 book explore key cities in the Global South. Through detailed cases studies, Urban Revolt unravels the potential and limitations of urban social movements on an international level.
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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 book explore key cities in the Global South. Through detailed cases studies, Urban Revolt unravels the potential and limitations of urban social movements on an international level.
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Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies
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Urban Revolt has 222 page(s)
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Immanuel Ness, Luke Sinwell, Trevor Ngwane
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Urban Revolt is available as paperback(ISBN 9781608467136) and ebook(ISBN 9781608467143)
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