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Spaces of Neoliberalism
Urban Restructuring in North America and Western Europe
Antipode Book Series
Coordinators: Brenner Neil, Theodore Nik
Language: EnglishKeywords
role; first; neoliberalism; contemporary; urban restructuring; systematically; volume; processes; cuttingedge; work; geography; theoretical; radical; urban; theory; state; neomarxian; map; north; scholars; american
320 p. · 15.4x23 cm · Paperback
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- Includes contributions from leading scholars in the fields of critical urban studies, radical geography and state theory.
- Analyses the role of neoliberalism in contemporary processes of urban restructuring.
- Synthesises a variety of new theoretical approaches to key issues in contemporary urban studies.
- Incorporates new case study material of ongoing urban transformations in the USA, Canada, the UK and other Western European countries.
From the ‘New Localism' to the Spaces of Neoliberalism: Neil Brenner (New York University) & Nik Theodore (University of Illinois at Chicago).
Part I: The Urbanization of Neoliberalism: Theoretical Foundations:.
1. Cities and the geographies of ‘actually existing neoliberalism': Neil Brenner (New York University) & Nik Theodore (University of Illinois at Chicago).
2. Neoliberalizing space: the free economy and the penal state: Jamie Peck (University of Wisconsin-Madison) & Adam Tickell (University of Bristol).
3. Neoliberalism and socialisation in the contemporary city: opposites, complements and instabilities: Jamie Gough (University of Northumbria).
4. New Globalism, New Urbanism: Gentrification as Global Urban Strategy: Neil Smith (CUNY Graduate Center).
Part II: Cities and State Restructuring: Pathways and Contradictions:.
5. Liberalism, Neoliberalism and Urban Governance: A State-Theoretical Pespective: Bob Jessop (Lancaster University).
6. Interpreting Neoliberal Urban Policy: The State, Crisis Management, and the Politics of Scale: Martin Jones (University of Wales) & Kevin Ward (University of Manchester).
7. ‘The city is dead, long live the network': Harnessing networks for the neoliberal urban agenda: Helga Leitner (University of Minnesota) & Eric Sheppard (University of Minnestota).
8. Extracting Value from the City: Neoliberalism and Urban Redevelopment: Rachel Weber (University of Illinois at Chicago).
Part III: New Geographies of Power: Exclusion and Injustice:.
9. Neoliberal urbanization in Europe: large scale urban development projects and the new urban policy: Erik Swyngedouw (Oxford University), Frank Moulaert (University of Lille) & Arantxa Rodriguez (University of the Basque Country).
10. Retro-Urbanism: Reliving the Dreams of 1980s Neoliberalism in Toronto, Canada: Roger Keil (York University, Toronto).
11. Spatializing injustice in the late entrepreneurial city: Unraveling the contours of Britain's revanchist urbanism: Gordon MacLeod (University of Durham).