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This Book Analyses The Waves Of Protests, From spontaneous Uprisings To Well-organized Forms Of Collective Action, Which have Shaken European Cities Over The Last Decade. It Shows how Analysing These Protests In Connection With The Structural Context Of Neoliberal Urbanism And Its Crises Is More Productive Than Standard Explanations. processes Of Neoliberalisation Have Caused Deeply Segregated Urban Landscapes Defined By Deepening Social Inequality, Rising Unemployment, Racism, Securitization Of Urban Spaces And Welfare State Withdrawal, Particularly From Poor Peripheral Areas, Where Tensions Between Marginalized Youth And Police Often Manifest In Public Spaces. Challenging A Conventional Distinction Made In Research On Protest, The Book Integrates A Structural Analysis Of Processes Of Large Scale Urban Transformation With Analyses Of The Relationship Between 'riots' And Social Movement Action In Nine Countries: France, Greece, England, Germany, Spain, Poland, Denmark, Sweden And Turkey. Part I. Urban Uprisings, Social Movements And Neoliberal Urbanism -- Chapter 1. Re-thinking Urban Social Movements, 'riots' And Uprisings -- An Introduction; Håkan Thörn, Margit Mayer And Catharina

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Author

Margit Mayer, Catharina Thörn and Håkan Thörn

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan UK, Imprint Palgrave Macmillan ; Palgrave Macmillan UK. Palgrave Macmillan UK ; Imprint Palgrave Macmillan

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781137504920

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Political Science, Sociology