Book Review: Lawrence Hamilton, Are South Africans Free?
| DOI | 10.1177/1478929916667032 |
| Date | 01 February 2017 |
| Author | Lasse Thomassen |
| Published date | 01 February 2017 |
| Subject Matter | Book ReviewsOther Areas |
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an alternative, the authors assert the Gramscian
compares the neoliberal regimes in Brazil and
concept of leadership and highlight the hetero-
Turkey. Civelekoğlu analyses the GPPs’ politi-
geneous composition of the protestors. The
cal economy and focuses on the commercialisa-
focal point of the fifth chapter is the aspects of
tion of land and the commodification of labour
collective action, where Gürcan and Peker ques-
by utilising Polanyi’s theory. In the third section,
tion how political consciousness and socio-
the contributors draw attention to the social
political agency are articulated during the GPPs.
identity of protestors, the football fans in the
The concept that came out of the GPPs – ‘dis-
GPPs, the graffiti and humour in the GPPs and
proportionate intelligence’ – is examined in this
youth political activism in pre-GPPs Turkey.
chapter. Finally, they contextualise the after-
Contributions on public space related to the
math of the GPPs and argue that Gezi Park was
GPPs through the spatial dimension of claims,
the initial catalyst which instigated a ‘critical
the role of religion and the spatial importance of
juncture’ in the country’s socio-political scene
solidarity are provided in Part IV. Finally, in Part
and created a culture of resistance. The response
V, the international dimension of the protests is
to the GPPs by the AKP government was further
discussed through the role of diasporas on the
authoritarianism.
GPPs and the implications of GPPs for EU–
David and Toktamış’ edited book has two
Turkey relations.
goals: first to make sense of the significance of
Both books are well written and succeed in
the GPPs and second to contribute to the litera-
their goals. Their arguments are strong and evi-
ture on social movements in Turkey. The
dently plausible. Gürcan and Peker’s book, in
authors argue that the GPPs represent a land-
particular, and some of the contributions in
mark on four...
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