TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wittger, Bea
AB  - The Brazilian Constitution provides a remarkable set of social rights, including the right to housing. Despite this fact, struggles for decent living conditions have become key issues in the daily urban lives of many people in Brazil. Contesting the differentiated access to housing, social movements occupy empty buildings in the cities to challenge historically-rooted and excluding urban politics. Exploring the occupants' agency, Bea Wittger draws attention to the important role of female actors within the buildings. Through oral histories of participants of two squats in Rio de Janeiro, the book delivers a deep insight "from below" into their own perspectives on citizenship and gender.
DO  - https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839435472
KW  - Political Science
KW  - History & Theory
KW  - Social Science
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Urban
KW  - Social Science
KW  - Gender Studies
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/06553c16-1570-42fa-b7f1-634ac9153293/external_content.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48463
PB  - transcript Verlag
PP  - Bielefeld
PY  - 2017
SN  - 9783839435472
TI  - Squatting in Rio de Janeiro : Constructing Citizenship and Gender from Below (Edition 1)
ER  - 
