Insurgent citizenship disjunctions of democracy and modernity in Brazil

This book examines the insurgence of democratic citizenship in the urban peripheries of Sao Paulo, Brazil, its entanglement with entrenched systems of inequality, and its contradiction in violence.

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Main Author: Holston, James (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton,N.J Princeton University Press 2008
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Summary:This book examines the insurgence of democratic citizenship in the urban peripheries of Sao Paulo, Brazil, its entanglement with entrenched systems of inequality, and its contradiction in violence.
Physical Description:xvii, 396 pages illustrations, maps 25cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780691142906 (paperback)
0691142904 (paperback)