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This chapter offers a definition of urban activism and gives an overview of urban activism in liberal democracies as well as in non-democratic countries. It attempts to outline the general context as well as related concepts on which subsequent chapters are discussed.
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Yip, N.M., Martínez López, M.A., Sun, X. (2019). Introductory Remarks and Overview. In: Yip, N., Martínez López, M., Sun, X. (eds) Contested Cities and Urban Activism. The Contemporary City. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1730-9_1
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