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Protest Camps in International Context: Spaces, Infrastructures and Media of Resistance
Anna Feigenbaum (Ed.)
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Description for Protest Camps in International Context: Spaces, Infrastructures and Media of Resistance
Hardback. Through a series of interdisciplinary case studies, this topical collection is the first to focus on protest camps as unique organisational forms that transcend particular social movements' contexts. The book offers a critical understanding of current protest events and will help better understanding of new global forms of democracy in action. Editor(s): Feigenbaum, Anna; Frenzel, Fabian; McCurdy, Patrick. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Through a series of international and interdisciplinary case studies from five continents, this topical collection is the first to focus on protest camps as unique organisational forms that transcend particular social movements' contexts. Whether erected in a park in Istanbul or a street in Mexico City, the significance of political encampments rests in their position as distinctive spaces where people come together to imagine alternative worlds and articulate contentious politics, often in confrontation with the state. Written by a wide range of experts in the field the book offers a critical understanding of current protest events ... Read more
Through a series of international and interdisciplinary case studies from five continents, this topical collection is the first to focus on protest camps as unique organisational forms that transcend particular social movements' contexts. Whether erected in a park in Istanbul or a street in Mexico City, the significance of political encampments rests in their position as distinctive spaces where people come together to imagine alternative worlds and articulate contentious politics, often in confrontation with the state. Written by a wide range of experts in the field the book offers a critical understanding of current protest events ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447329411
SKU
V9781447329411
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Ref
99-50
About Anna Feigenbaum (Ed.)
Gavin Brown is Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Leicester. He is a cultural, historical and political geographer with wide-ranging research interests. His recent research has recorded the history of a four-year long anti-apartheid `protest camp' in London in the 1980s. He tweets as @lestageog. Anna Feigenbaum is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Storytelling at Bournemouth University. ... Read more
Reviews for Protest Camps in International Context: Spaces, Infrastructures and Media of Resistance
Since the proliferation of peace camps inspired by Greenham Common in the 1980s, the occupation of sites of political contestation has become a globally significant form of protest. This collection offers exciting and perceptive analyses of long-term site-specific political interventions around the world, and is a must-read for all those interested in social movements and contemporary politics. Sasha Roseneil, ... Read more