Urban Political Geographies

A unique textbook on urban geography, taking a global perspective with a through theoretical grounding and an extensive and diverse range of case studies.

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 ...

Autorentext
Ugo Rossi is Professor of Economic and Political Geography at the Gran Sasso Science Institute university in LAquila, Italy

Inhalt

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