From 'dangerous classes' to 'quiet rebels': Politics of the urban subaltern in the global south

International Sociology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 533-557

  Bayat, Asef ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Everyday resistance; Globalization; Quiet encroachment; Street politics; Survivalist strategy; Urban grassroots; Urban social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034341183     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026858000015003005     Document Type: Article

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