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 A unique textbook on urban geography, taking a global perspective with a through theoretical grounding and an extensive and diverse range of case studies. 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 Social justice in question: equality, recognition, domination Rights to the city Justice movements: limits and potentialities Justice, globalization and the environment Conclusion: the encounter between institutionalist and Marxist perspectives Urban Citizenship: Insurgencies and the Politics of Presence Introduction: the crisis of national citizenship The promises of urban citizenship The globalization of migration and the multiple geographies of belonging Dissidence or normalization: the quandaries of sexual citizenship Conclusion: the ¿common place¿ of citizenship Conclusion: Beyond Post-Neoliberal Melancholia Glossary ...

List of contents

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
Social justice in question: equality, recognition, domination
Rights to the city
Justice movements: limits and potentialities
Justice, globalization and the environment
Conclusion: the encounter between institutionalist and Marxist perspectives
Urban Citizenship: Insurgencies and the Politics of Presence
Introduction: the crisis of national citizenship
The promises of urban citizenship
The globalization of migration and the multiple geographies of belonging
Dissidence or normalization: the quandaries of sexual citizenship
Conclusion: the 'common place' of citizenship
Conclusion: Beyond Post-Neoliberal Melancholia
Glossary

Report

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

Product details

• Authors: Ugo Rossi, Ugo Vanolo Rossi, Alberto Vanolo
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.11.2011
• EAN: 9780857028846
• ISBN: 978-0-85702-884-6
• No. of pages: 232
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education