Challenging Neoliberalism at Turkey’s Gezi Park [electronic resource] : From Private Discontent to Collective Class Action /
Gürcan, E.author.
Peker, E.author.
In Challenging Neoliberalism at Turkey's Gezi Park, Gürcan and Peker explore the events of May 31, 2013, when what began as a localized demonstration against the demolition of Gezi Park, a public park in Istanbul turned into a nationwide protest cycle with an unprecedented form and scale never before seen in Turkey's history.
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Cover; Title; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Neoliberal Globalization, State Intervention, and Collective Action; 1 New Social Movement Theories and Their Discontents; 2 Debunking the Myth of "Middle Classes": The Class-Structural Background of the GPPs; 3 "Neoliberalism with Islamic Characteristics": Political, Economic, and Cultural Conjuncture of the GPPs; 4 Organizational-Strategic Aspects of the GPPs: Leadership and Resistance Repertoires; 5 Forging Political Consciousness at Gezi: The Case of "Disproportionate Intelligence"
6 Looking Ahead: "Gezi Spirit" and Its AftermathNotes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In Challenging Neoliberalism at Turkey's Gezi Park, Gürcan and Peker explore the events of May 31, 2013, when what began as a localized demonstration against the demolition of Gezi Park, a public park in Istanbul turned into a nationwide protest cycle with an unprecedented form and scale never before seen in Turkey's history.
Political sociology.
Ethnology—Middle East .
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Economic sociology.
Political economy.
Cultural studies.
Political Sociology.
Middle Eastern Culture.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.
International Political Economy.
Cultural Studies.