CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Yolacan, Serkan |
|---|---|
| Title | Gentrifying 'Roma Rights': Unraveling the dynamics of local mobilization and transnational coalition in the case of Sulukule |
| Summary | This paper looks at the contentious interaction between local mobilization and transnational coalition in the case of Sulukule, a historical neighborhood simultaneously marked as Roma and undergoing state-led gentrification and privatization. The strategic importance of the case lies in its being at the intersection of two simultaneous processes taking effect in Turkey over the last couple of years. These are intensified urban restructuring of metropolises on the one hand, and institutionalization of “Roma rights” discourse on the other. Against this background, the paper delineates the mechanisms at work in the Sulukule case that generate and sustain a very broad, dynamic and effective public opposition on the transnational level while remaining ineffective in mobilizing the local residents. Combining framing and network perspectives, it locates the problem, first, in the gap between transnational framing and local identities/interests; and explains the persistency of this gap in the uneven relation between local mobilization and transnational institutional collaboration. It argues that social movement frames whose potential appeal are conditioned by the international political culture exploit and expand globally structured network of institutions and actors; these networks, in turn, stabilize and fortify the frames by channeling in resources and structuring the relation/interaction between locals and the supra-locals. |
| Supervisor | Vedres, Balazs; Kalb, Don |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/yolacan_serkan.pdf |
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