Citizenship, Activism and the City : The Invisible and the Impossible | 1st edition

by Patricia Burke Wood

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Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Language	English
Book type	Hardcover
Utgiven	2017-04-12
Edition	1
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Pages	126
ISBN	9781138746800
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Were the occupations of 2010–11–from Spain to Tahrir Square to Occupy Wall Street–a success or failure? Are they the model for urban radical politics? This book challenges common understandings and underlying assumptions of what constitutes activism and resistance. It proposes a critical urban theory of politics and citizenship that is grounded in the city as it is inhabited. For those who are marginalized, the city is a double-edged sword of oppression and emancipation. This book argues for an intersectional approach that actively dismantles hierarchies and embraces a wider range of acts of resistance and creative transformation,one in which we recognize these acts of citizenship as a form of constitutionalism. Wood reframes the theorization of protest and of the city, 'post-political' literature and the history of protest, and Marxist and anarchist ideas about the time and space of politics. Through this, she adoptsa unique approach to provide new theoretical insights and challenges to post-political thinking. Thisbook will bevaluable reading for those interested in political, urban and social geography, in addition to political economy and progressive politics in the urban context.

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