Contesting Neoliberalism
Subtitle: Urban Frontiers
Contributors: Helga Leitner (Editor); Jamie Peck (Editor); Eric S. Sheppard (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Published: October 24, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781593853204
Subjects: Urban & municipal planning; Urban communities; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev; Earth Sciences - Geography; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Sociology; Urban policy; Science; Science / Geography; Anti-globalization movement; Globalization; Sociology - Urban; Neoliberalism
Description: Neoliberalism's 'market revolution' - realized through practices like privatization, deregulation, fiscal devolution, and workfare programme-has had a transformative effect on contemporary cities. The consequences of market-oriented politics for urban life have been widely studied, but less attention has been given to how grassroots groups, nongovernmental organizations, and progressive city administrations are fighting back. In case studies written from a variety of theoretical and political perspectives, this book examines how struggles around such issues as affordable housing, public services and space, neighborhood sustainability, living wages, workers' rights, fair trade, and democratic governance are reshaping urban political geographies in North America and around the world.