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Special Issue—Cities, Spatialities, and Politicization

Social Movements in Urban Society: The City as A Space of Politicization

Byron MillerDepartment of Geography, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Walter NichollsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Division of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pages 452-473 | Published online: 30 May 2013

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