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Holston's topic in this impressive study on unequal citizenship is the contrast between Brazil's formal, legal equality and the reality that it is a society founded on civic and juridical inequalities. -- J.M. Rosenthal, Choice
Insurgent Citizenship will provoke vigorous debate. But Holston has set the terms for such debate with force and intelligence, and his book will surely be an enduring touchstone for scholars of law, social movements, and urban development. -- Brodwyn Fischer, American Anthropologist
Insurgent Citizenship will provoke vigorous debate. But Holston has set the terms for such debate with force and intelligence, and his book will surely be an enduring touchstone for scholars of law, social movements, and urban development. -- Brodwyn Fischer, American Anthropologist
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Through a masterful blending of history and ethnography, James Holston offers his readers an innovative and compelling way to think about citizenship in Brazil and elsewhere. Insurgent Citizenship shows how, historically, the category of 'citizen' in Brazilian society has been subject to differential rights and subtle gradations that have forced many people who enjoy formal citizenship to resort to illegal arrangements to survive. Perhaps most important, Holston analyzes the struggles of insurgent movements in Brazil's urban 'peripheries' not only to claim inclusion but to reshape the very meaning of citizenship.
(Barbara Weinstein, New York University ) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
(Barbara Weinstein, New York University ) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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This was my first book returning to academic reading after several years break. This is a great book on anyone interested in the psyche of the Brazilian people as a whole with case specific work on the urban peripheries of Sao Paulo. Anyone with a passion for or interest in Brazil should have this book on their shelf! Highly recommend!
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No complaints, book was in near perfect condition. This was a required reading for a graduate class. Books are great to buy used.
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