Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Gaining Freedoms: Claiming Space In Istanbul And BerlinISBN13:9780804794480ISBN10:0804794480Author:Turam, Berna (Author)Description:Gaining Freedoms Reveals A New Locus For Global Political Change: Everyday Urban Contestation Cities Are Often Assumed Hotbeds Of Socio-Economic Division, But This Assessment Overlooks The Importance Of Urban Space And The Everyday Activities Of Urban Life For Empowerment, Emancipation, And Democratization Through Proximity, Neighborhoods, Streets, And Squares Can Create Unconventional Power Contestations Over Lifestyle And Consumption And Through Struggle, Negotiation, And Cooperation, Competing Claims Across Groups Can Become Platforms To Defend Freedom And Rights From Government Encroachments Drawing On More Than Seven Years Of Fieldwork In Three Contested Urban Sites--A Downtown Neighborhood And A University Campus In Istanbul, And A Turkish Neighborhood In Berlin--Berna Turam Shows How Democratic Contestation Echoes Through Urban Space Countering Common Assumptions That Turkey Is Strongly Polarized Between Islamists And Secularists, She Illustrates How Contested Urban Space Encourages Creative Politics, The Kind Of Politics That Advance Rights, Expression, And Representation Shared Between Pious And Secular Groups Exceptional Moments Of Protest, Like The Recent Gezi Protests Which Bookend This Study, Offer Clear External Signs Of Upheaval And Disruption, But It Is The Everyday Contestation And Interaction That Forge Alliances And Inspire Change Ultimately, Turam Argues That The Process Of Democratization Is Not The Reduction Of Conflict, But Rather The Capacity To Form New Alliances Out Of Conflict Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Stanford University PressPublication Date:2015-04-08Weight:0.79 lbsDimensions:0.54'' H x 8.82'' L x 6.47'' WNumber of Pages:264Language:English
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Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Berna Turam
Publication Name: Gaining Freedoms : Claiming Space in Istanbul and Berlin
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 2015
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
