Neoliberal urbanism and its contestations
Subtitle: crossing theoretical boundaries
By: edited by Jenny Künkel, Margit Mayer
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780230271838
Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Urban & Regional; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development; Urban policy; Urban Sociology; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban; Neoliberalism
Description: "This volume brings a plurality of approaches -  from political economic to Foucauldian -  to bear on the broad range of contestations around urban neoliberalism. The contributorsexplore the range of resistant agency and reveal the heterogeneity of intersecting power relations that movements mobilize against"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Acknowledgements; title: Notes on the Contributors; title: PART I: THEORETICAL DEBATES: COMPETING APPROACHES IN THE STUDY OF URBAN NEOLIBERALISM; title: Introduction: Neoliberal Urbanism and its Contestations - Crossing Theoretical Boundaries; M.Mayer & J.Künkel; title: Towards Deep Neoliberalization?; N.Brenner, N.Theodore & J.Peck; title: The Limits of Neoliberalism. Is the Concept of Neoliberalism Helpful in the Study of Urban Policy?; C.Pickvance; title: Grounding Social Struggles in the Age of 'Empire'; E.Bareis & M.Bojadzijev; title: Cultural Political Economy, Strategic Essentialism, and Neoliberalism; B.Jessop & N.Sum; title: PART II: EMPIRICAL CASES; title: Urban Development and the Creative Class in a Neoliberal Age: Two Case Studies in Toronto; U.Lehrer; title: City Improvement Districts and 'Territorialized Neoliberalism' in South Africa (Johannesburg, Cape Town); S.Didier, M.Morange & E.Peyroux; title: Neoliberalization at a Crossroads? Transcolonial Hong Kong; C.Cartier; title: Reassembling the Political Life of Community. Naturalizing Neoliberalism in Amman; C.Parker & P.Debruyne; title: Governing the Favela; S.Lanz; title: 'These Dolls are an Attraction'. Othering and Normalizing Sex Work in a Neoliberal City; J.Künkel; title: Conclusion: Implications of Urban Theory for Social Movements; M.Mayer & J.Künkel; title: Index.