Urban Political Geographies - A Global Perspective

Informationen zum Autor Ugo Rossi is Professor of Economic and Political Geography at the Gran Sasso Science Institute university in L'Aquila, Italy Klappentext "Ugo Rossi and Alberto Vanolo take us on a journey around the ascent and crisis of urban liberalism, providing a clear and highly readable analysis of key issues and debates in the field of urban political geography."- Ola Söderström, Université de Neuchâtel"It is in the city trenches that the crises, contradictions, and counterpolitics of neoliberalization are finding some of their most vivid and consequential expressions, where new worlds are being imagined, made, and unmade. This has yet to be mapped. But in Urban Political Geographies, we have a timely and astute field guide to this unfolding process."- Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia How can we think about the urban within a political and geographical framework? This compelling textbook scrutinizes urban politics through a theoretical and empirical lens to provide readers with a clear understanding of the relationship between political, spatial and economic issues relating to the urban environment. Taking a truly global analysis, the book uses international comparative case studies from cities across the world including, London, Beijing, Austin and Vancouver. It draws on ideas and theories from human geography, politics, sociology, economics and development. Engaging in style and thorough in its coverage of the key issues, the book is essential reading for students and scholars looking for a book that deals with contemporary urban debates from a political, economic and geographical perspective. Zusammenfassung A unique textbook on urban geography! taking a global perspective with a through theoretical grounding and an extensive and diverse range of case studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: The Athenian Symptom by Ola Söderström Foreword: The Nine Lives of Neoliberalism by Jamie Peck Foreword: Politics Between the Lines by AbdouMaliq Simone Introduction Globalization and the Urban Experience The Triad of Urban Politics Overview of the Book¿s Structure PART ONE: POLITICS AS REPRESENTATION Urban Development and the Politics of Representation Introduction: towards a political economy of representation Governing the image of the city From Fordism to post-Fordism: reinventing cities in a context of economic transition Postmodernizing the capitalist city Celebrating the global city The environmentalization of the urban experience Concluding reflections: the Eurocentrism of urban scholarship Making Culture Work: The Rise of the Creative City Introduction: urban development in a knowledge-based capitalism Creative cities: economies of diversity and discursive strategies in North America Governmentalizing the cultural city in Europe and Asia Conclusion: culture beyond representation PART TWO: POLITICS AS GOVERNMENT Urban Neoliberalism: Ascent and Crisis Introduction: the irresistible rise of neoliberalism At the origins of neoliberalism: the urban question in the 1970s The ¿new urban politics¿ The practice of urban neoliberalism Neoliberalizing urban economic spaces The expected unforeseen: the housing bubble and the global recession Urban Geopolitics: Legitimate Violence, Terrorism and Militarization Introduction: the governmentalization of the urban experience The politics of fear From fear to communitarian self-defence The use of force as a threat: terrorism, urban marginality and the politics of pre-emption Cities at war/the war against cities Conclusions: the visible and the invisible in urban geopolitics PART THREE: POLITICS AS CONTESTATION Urban Justice: Struggles and Movements Introduction: the ethical turn in democratic politics ...

Product details

• Authors: Ugo Rossi, Ugo Vanolo Rossi, Ugo/ Vanolo Rossi, Alberto Vanolo
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.11.2011
• EAN: 9780857028839
• ISBN: 978-0-85702-883-9
• No. of pages: 232
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education