Transgressive Citizenship and the Struggle for Social Justice [electronic resource] : The Right to the City in São Paulo /
Earle, Lucy.author.
This book analyses the struggle for social justice in São Paulo, Brazil. It takes the wave of protests that began in the city in 2013 as a starting point, and grounds them in the history of social movement mobilisation in urban Brazil. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with a federation of housing movements, this work demonstrates the ongoing relevance of the concept of the right to the city for social movements of the urban poor, and examines these movements' creative interpretation of national legislation to support their claims for housing and urban citizenship.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction  -- 2. Housing, Citizenship and the Right to the City  -- 3. São Paulo: The Illegal City  -- 4. Social Movements in Brazil: Democratisation and Politicisation  -- 5. Fronting Up to the State: Constructing A 'Politics of Rights'  -- 6. The Limits to Institutional Engagement: Negotiating Housing Policy the Nice Way  -- 7. Occupying the City  -- 8. Transgressive Citizenship.
This book analyses the struggle for social justice in São Paulo, Brazil. It takes the wave of protests that began in the city in 2013 as a starting point, and grounds them in the history of social movement mobilisation in urban Brazil. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with a federation of housing movements, this work demonstrates the ongoing relevance of the concept of the right to the city for social movements of the urban poor, and examines these movements' creative interpretation of national legislation to support their claims for housing and urban citizenship.
Latin America-Politics and government.
Public policy.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Social policy.
Sociology, Urban.
Latin American Politics.
Public Policy.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Social Policy.
Urban Studies/Sociology.