Urban revolt : state power and the rise of people's movements in the global south / edited by Trevor Ngwane, Luke Sinwell, and Immanuel Ness.

How do individuals and organizations move beyond the boundaries of constitutional or legal constructs to challenge neoliberalism and capitalism' As major urban areas have become the principal sites of poor and working-class social upheaval in the early twenty-first century, the chapters in this book explore key cities in the Global South. Through detailed cases studies, Urban Revolt unravels the potential and limitations of urban social movements on an international level.

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Intro -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: African Movements of the Urban Poor -- Chapter 1: Thembelihle Burning, Hope Rising -- Chapter 2: Against All Odds -- The "Spirit of Marikana" and the Resurgence of the Working-Class Movement in South Africa -- Chapter 3: Makoko Slum Settlement -- Migrant Peasants on the Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria -- Part II: Protest and Struggle in Latin America -- Chapter 4: The Ayotzinapa Massacre -- Mexico's Popular Protests and New Landscapes of Indignation

Chapter 5: The Case of the West Zone -- Urban Revolt and Social Movement Adaptations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- Chapter 6: The Uruguayan Recyclers' Union -- Clasificadores, Circulation, and the Challenge of Mobile Labor Organization -- Part III: Urban Squatter Movements in South Asia: Kolkata and Jakarta -- Chapter 7: The Nonadanga Eviction in Kolkata -- Contemporary Urban Development and People's Resistance -- Chapter 8: The Struggle of the Urban Poor against Forced Eviction in Jakarta -- Contributor Biographies -- References -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover

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