基本説明
Brings a plurality of approaches - from political economic to Foucauldian - to bear on the broad range of contestations around urban neolieralism.
Full 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 contributors explore the range of resistant agency and reveal the heterogeneity of intersecting power relations that movements mobilize against.
Contents
Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors PART I: THEORETICAL DEBATES: COMPETING APPROACHES IN THE STUDY OF URBAN NEOLIBERALISM Introduction: Neoliberal Urbanism and its Contestations Crossing Theoretical Boundaries; M.Mayer & J.Künkel Towards Deep Neoliberalization?; N.Brenner, N.Theodore & J.Peck The Limits of Neoliberalism. Is the Concept of Neoliberalism Helpful in the Study of Urban Policy?; C.Pickvance Grounding Social Struggles in the Age of 'Empire'; E.Bareis & M.Bojadzijev Cultural Political Economy, Strategic Essentialism, and Neoliberalism; B.Jessop & N.Sum PART II: EMPIRICAL CASES Urban Development and the Creative Class in a Neoliberal Age: Two Case Studies in Toronto; U.Lehrer City Improvement Districts and 'Territorialized Neoliberalism' in South Africa (Johannesburg, Cape Town); S.Didier, M.Morange & E.Peyroux Neoliberalization at a Crossroads? Transcolonial Hong Kong; C.Cartier Reassembling the Political Life of Community. Naturalizing Neoliberalism in Amman; C.Parker & P.Debruyne Governing the Favela; S.Lanz 'These Dolls are an Attraction'. Othering and Normalizing Sex Work in a Neoliberal City; J.Künkel Conclusion: Implications of Urban Theory for Social Movements; M.Mayer & J.Künkel Index
