Urban Citizenship: Thinking Democracy in the City

Can we think of democratic citizenship on an urban scale? What do we see if we look at our urban issues from the perspective of democratic citizenship? What are the possibilities and limits of urban citizenship in the face of the deep problems of our age? Bogazici University political science and working as a lecturer doctor at the Department of International Relations Mert Arslanalp scope THIS + On Course Events, these questions the autonomy of local government in the light of issues such as urban struggle for rights in Turkey and discusses with examples from around the world.

Mert Arslanalp:

After receiving his undergraduate degree from Boğaziçi University, Department of Political Science and International Relations in 2006, he completed his doctorate studies in the field of Political Science at Northwestern University in 2015. He has been working as a doctoral lecturer in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Boğaziçi University since 2016. His research interests are urban politics, social movements and democratization.