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Urban Revolt: State Power and the Rise of People's Movements in the Global South (2017)
Edited by: Immanuel Ness
Drawing on case studies from across the global South, this collection analyses the conditions in which the majority of the world exists and struggles in the contemporary urban context. It looks at how Urban Social Movements have challenged or transformed how the city is organized and created possibilities for a...
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Drawing on case studies from across the global South, this collection analyses the conditions in which the majority of the world exists and struggles in the contemporary urban context. It looks at how Urban Social Movements have challenged or transformed how the city is organized and created possibilities for a revolutionary alternative.
The urban poor and working class now make up the majority of the world’s population, which is expected to expand to 10 billion by mid-century. Much of the growth results from the displacement of rural peasants to the urban cores, resulting in the vast expansion of megacities with populations of up to 20 million people in the global South. The proliferation of informal settlements and slums has resulted in urban areas becoming the principal sites of social upheaval as people seek to improve their living conditions. Drawing on case studies from Africa, Latin America, and Asia, the various chapters in this book map and analyze the conditions in which the majority of the world exists and struggles in the contemporary urban context. Advancing beyond a liberal perspective, the book unpacks the ways in which Urban Social Movements in the global South have challenged or transformed how the city is organized and created possibilities for a revolutionary alternative to the capitalist hegemonic framework.
Book Overview
Contents :
Introduction – Trevor Ngwane, Luke Sinwell and Immanuel Ness
Part One: African Movements of the Urban Poor
Chapter 1 Thembelihle Burning, Hope Rising - Luke Sinwell
Chapter 2 Against all odds: The “Spirit of Marikana” and the Resurgence of the Working Class Movement in South Africa - Trevor Ngwane
Chapter 3 Makoko Slum Settlement: Migrant Peasants on the Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria - Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale with Adefemi Abdulmojeed Adeyanju
Part Two: Protest and Struggle in Latin America
Chapter 4 The Ayotzinapa Massacre: Mexico’s Popular Protests and New Landscapes of Indignation - Claudia Delgado Villegas
Chapter 5 The Case of the West Zone: Urban Revolt and Social Movement Adaptations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Simone da Silva Ribeiro Gomes
Chapter 6 The Uruguayan Recyclers’ Union: Clasificadores, Circulation and the Challenge of Mobile Labour Organization - Patrick O’Hare
Part Three: Urban Squatter Movements in South Asia: Kolkata and Jakarta
Chapter 7 Nonadanga Eviction in Kolkata: Contemporary Urban Development and People’s Resistance - Swapna Banerjee-Guha
Chapter 8 The Struggle of the Urban Poor against Forced Eviction in Jakarta - Muhammad Ridha
Contributor Biographies
References
Notes
Index
Product Details :
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Paperback/softback |
| ISBN : | 9781776141708 |
| DOI : | |
| Publication Date : | 1st May 2017 |
| Publisher : | Wits University Press |
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218 pages - 229mm x 152mm |
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