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Through a series of international and interdisciplinary case studies from five continents, this topical collection is the first to focus on protest camps as unique organisational forms that transcend particular social movements' contexts. Whether erected in a park in Istanbul or a street in Mexico City, the significance of political encampments rests in their position as distinctive spaces where people come together to imagine alternative worlds and articulate contentious politics, often in confrontation with the state. Written by a wide range of experts in the field the book offers a critical understanding of current protest events and will help better understanding of new global forms of democracy in action.

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Since the proliferation of peace camps inspired by Greenham Common in the 1980s, the occupation of sites of political contestation has become a globally significant form of protest. This collection offers exciting and perceptive analyses of long-term site-specific political interventions around the world, and is a must-read for all those interested in social movements and contemporary politics. Sasha Roseneil, University of Essex

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Dr Gavin Brown is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Leicester. He is a social and cultural geographer with an interest in individual and collective identities in relation to processes of social change. The main focus of his current work is a Leverhulme Trust funded project recording the historical geographies of British anti-apartheid activism in the 1980s. This project examines the transformative power of standing in solidarity with distant others. He has an international reputation for his work on the geographies of sexuality and his recent work has theorized the sexual politics of austerity.

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