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Merrifield, Andy.

The politics of the encounter : urban theory and protest under planetary urbanization / Andy Merrifield.

pages cm. — (Geographies of justice and social transformation ; 19)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-4529-1 (hardcover : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 0-8203-4529-6 (hardcover : alk. paper)

ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-4530-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 0-8203-4530-X (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Sociology, Urban. 2. Urbanization. 3. Social justice. 4. Lefebvre, Henri, 1901–1991. I. Title.

HT151.m445 2013

307.76—dc23

2012046528

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ISBN for digital edition: 978-0-8203-4581-9