Neoliberal Urbanism
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Post 2000, European cities have been shaken by a wave of urban collective action. In this Introductiory chapter to the book Urban Uprisings: Challenging Neoliberal Urbanism in Europe, we argue that this wave needs to be understood in... more
[original book title: Umkämpftes Grün. Zwischen neoliberaler Stadtentwicklung und Stadtgestaltung von unten]
A number of people have claimed that the ongoing financial crisis has revealed the problems with neoliberal thought and neoliberal policies in the 'Atlantic Heartland'. However, if we look at the history of the 'Heartland' economies then... more
In recent years, the world has seen the emergence of a number of urban projects which, under the banner of experimentation, have promoted alternative models of city-making capable, in theory, of creating sustainable built environments.... more
Fredrik Gerttens film om rätten till städer och, inte minst, bostäder är inte bara visuellt vacker och medryckande. Push fogar samman en rad vittnesmål till en stark berättelse samtidens omöjliga livsvillkor. Vi får i rask takt stifta... more
En esta presentación observo cinco aspectos cruciales de la economía política del recambio urbano central latinoamericano, a saber 1) configuraciones paraestatales ad hoc a las transformaciones urbanas, con alcances supra-legales... more
This paper explores the politics of slum dwelling and slum demolitions in the state of Maharashtra, India. Specifically I have used the case study of the slum Golibar located in Khar East, not too far from the Bombay city center. Looking... more
'The Changing State of Gentrification' (2001) by Jason Hackworth and the late Neil Smith is one of the most influential papers ever published in TESG. By introducing three waves, or periods, of practices and patterns of gentrification, it... more
This collection of essays and notes attempts to tread the invisible borders between mythos, the neoliberal-Christian-nationalist 'world view' and socio-political trends in the rise of Trump, the Red Hats and the Evangelicals to political... more
During the last decade, ‘gated communities and urban segregation’ has become a widely analysed subject for the researchers. Due to the fast urban restructuring of neoliberalism, the number of gated communities still increases dramatically... more
In the last two decades, critical urban studies has paid a great deal of attention to contemporary “neoliberal urbanism”, but very little to its historical and urban roots. This chapter discusses the use of neighbourhood typologies and... more
This dissertation contributes to the literatures on post-2007 urban governance and urban greening by drawing novel connections between vacant land reuse, including urban agriculture, and the structures of urban governance. Through a... more
Anthropological studies have paid too little attention to the everyday experience of traffic, a fact all the more striking given the central place that traffic has come to occupy in urban life worldwide. I submit that the daily experience... more
The era of the smart city has arrived. Only a decade ago, the promise of optimising urban services through the widespread application of information and communication technologies was largely a techno-utopian fantasy. Today, smart... more
Neoliberalism means many things to many people. Often used indiscriminately to mean anything ‘bad’, neoliberalism is in need of dissection as an analytical category and a way of understanding the transformation of society over the last... more
Distinct socioeconomic groups have mobilized alternative housing models in Berlin over the past two decades to confront the widespread housing shortage following neoliberal urban restructuring since 1989. This paper presents ethnographic... more
This chapter traces the histories of the intersection of urbanization and neoliberalization. It demonstrates that the current “urban age” has in many ways been a product of, and has been productive of neoliberalization. Urbanization and... more
At a time when neoliberalism has become an accepted term in public debate to refer to the current state of modern societies and their political economies, Kean Birch critically analyses the conflicting theories that shape our... more
Increasingly, governments are experimenting with ways to provide public goods by involving the private sector in the planning, financing, building and operating of a range of services, facilities, infrastructure, etc. In the geographical... more
This research aims to expose the Large Scale Urban Projects production in Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area from 2000 to 2015 .Doing so by using Bourdieu’s field theory, the analysis identifies the social power relations which structured... more
Esta tese de doutoramento analisa a sociabilidade na metrópole de São Paulo como um fenômeno social que vem sendo remodelado pelas transformações oriundas do acelerado processo de urbanização neoliberal. Para tanto, realizou-se um... more
This article examines the gentrification of Fort Greene, which is located in the western part of black Brooklyn, one of the largest contiguous black urban areas in the United States. Between the late 1960s and 2003, gentrification in Fort... more
The aim of this research is to unravel and interrogate critically the recent histories of the production and reproduction of Castlefield, Manchester. This unravelling is accomplished theoretically through the historicised application of... more
This paper proposes a reflection on the tactical modes of production and consumption of spatial structures from the study of urban situations located in the center and the periphery. The argument is based on the critique of political... more
Attempts to understand the wider context of the Arab uprisings in Morocco mainly focus on the dynamic created by the 20 February Movement, while the long history of increasing socio-economic struggle tends to be underestimated. This... more
Palestine today is increasingly subject to two urban forms of colonization. One form is produced by Israeli settler-colonialism while the other, newer form, is produced by neoliberal capitalism. While the two forms are distinct-each has... more
This paper addresses the contemporary creativity ethos through the lens of citizenship. The paper builds upon governmentality scholarship to examine how creativity and cultural participation are being recast as moral duties of active... more
This paper seeks to assess the impact and the potential of the policies that promote bicycle use in Bogotá. Criticized by some as an entrepreneurial policy that reinforces inequalities, touted by others as a form of... more
Urban politics has changed during a generation of neoliberalization. This paper argues that next to the notions of roll-back and roll-out neoliberalization, which have been put forward to explain this change, a third concept might be... more
The current crisis, with its particularly severe configuration in Southern European countries, provides an opportunity to probe the interrelation of economic crunches and the production of space, and also to imagine potential paths of... more