Transgressive Citizenship and the Struggle for Social Justice: The Right to the City in São Paulo (Studies of the Americas)
Lucy Earle
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Description for Transgressive Citizenship and the Struggle for Social Justice: The Right to the City in São Paulo (Studies of the Americas)
Hardcover. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 318 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, 7 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JPP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book analyses the struggle for social justice in São Paulo, Brazil. It takes the wave of protests that began in the city in 2013 as a starting point, and grounds them in the history of social movement mobilisation in urban Brazil. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with a federation of housing movements, this work demonstrates the ongoing relevance of the concept of the right to the city for social movements of the urban poor, and examines these movements’ creative interpretation of national legislation to support their claims for housing and urban citizenship.
This book analyses the struggle for social justice in São Paulo, Brazil. It takes the wave of protests that began in the city in 2013 as a starting point, and grounds them in the history of social movement mobilisation in urban Brazil. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with a federation of housing movements, this work demonstrates the ongoing relevance of the concept of the right to the city for social movements of the urban poor, and examines these movements’ creative interpretation of national legislation to support their claims for housing and urban citizenship.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Studies of the Americas
Number of Pages
318
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319513997
SKU
V9783319513997
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Ref
99-15
About Lucy Earle
Lucy Earle is an adviser for the UK’s Department for International Development. Prior to this appointment, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, South Africa researching access to land and housing in Maputo, Mozambique. Dr. Earle has worked as an international consultant on urban development issues, and undertook her doctoral studies at ... Read more
Reviews for Transgressive Citizenship and the Struggle for Social Justice: The Right to the City in São Paulo (Studies of the Americas)
“Earle offers an innovative perspective on how the urban poor see themselves as citizens. This is one of the book’s main strengths. … The book poses the right questions and should therefore be read by anyone interested in the present transformations of citizenship.” (Bianca Tavolari, Urban Studies, Vol. 56 (5), 2019) “This book ... Read more