TY - GEN AU - Wittger,Bea TI - Squatting in Rio de Janeiro : Constructing Citizenship and Gender from Below (Edition 1) SN - /doi.org/10.14361/9783839435472 PY - 2017/// CY - Bielefeld PB - transcript Verlag KW - Political science & theory KW - bicssc KW - Urban communities KW - Gender studies, gender groups KW - Political Science KW - History & Theory KW - Social Science KW - Sociology KW - Urban KW - Gender Studies N1 - Open Access N2 - 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 UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/48463/1/external_content.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/48463/1/external_content.pdf UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/68248 ER -