Introduction : the city and the government -- Between state spaces and autonomous places -- Part 1. On neighborhood politics. A neighborhood divided by lifestyles -- Affinities in the zones of freedom -- Part 2. On campus politics. Fault lines on campus -- New coalitions in safe zones -- Part 3. On "ethnic" neighborhoods. Kreuzberg's divided diaspora -- Emerging solidarities in immigrant zones -- Conclusion : unified opposition to the divided supremacy of the AKP
Summary
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 encroach
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