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Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
2015
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- Making sense of the protests in Turkey (and Brazil): contesting neo-liberal urbanism in ‘Rebel Cities’ Bulent Gokay Farzana Shain Historia Turkey urbanization democratization popular protests The article is organised in five parts: first, we offer a brief overview of the protests and the concept of the ‘right to the city’; second, we discuss arguments about the role of democracy and representation, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s authoritarian leadership style in relation to the cause of the protests; third, we put forward our case for comparing the protests with those which occurred in similarly rising economies, namely Brazil, rather than the demonstrations that occurred in countries experiencing a downward economic turn; fourth, we explore the role of young people in the protests; and finally, we look at where the movement is now. 2015 artículo científico 0101-4064 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=134643225003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1346 Estudos Ibero-Americanos application/pdf Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul Estudos Ibero-Americanos (Brasil) Num.2 Vol.41