Insurgent Citizenship: Disjunctions of Democracy and Modernity in Brazil

by James Holston

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Insurgent citizenships have arisen in cities around the world. This book examines the insurgence of democratic citizenship in the urban peripheries of São Paulo, Brazil, its entanglement with entrenched systems of inequality, and its contradiction in violence. James Holston argues that for two centuries Brazilians have practiced a type of citizenship all too common among nation-states--one that is universally inclusive in national membership and massively...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691142904

ISBN13:9780691142906

Release Date:July 2009

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:416 Pages

Weight:1.80 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Americas Brazil Civics & Citizenship Civil Rights & Liberties Democracy Demography Education & Reference History Human Geography Ideologies & Doctrines

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