Contesting Neoliberalism [[electronic resource] ] : Urban Frontiers

• Autore: Leitner Helga
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Guilford Publications, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (361 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.76
• Soggetto topico: Anti-globalization movement; Neoliberalism; Urban economics; Urban geography; Urban policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: PeckJamie SheppardEric
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; 1 Contesting Urban Futures: Decentering Neoliberalism; 2 Conceptualizing Neoliberalism, Thinking Thatcherism; 3 Mexico's Neoliberal Transition: Authoritarian Shadows in an Era of Neoliberalism; 4 The Places, People, and Politics of Partnership: After Neoliberalism in Aotearoa New Zealand; 5 Contesting the Neoliberalization of Urban Governance; 6 Contesting the Neoliberal City? Theories of Neoliberalism and Urban Strategies of Contention; 7 Political Polemics and Local Practices of Community Organizing and Neoliberal Politics in South Africa ; 8 Decommodifying Electricity in Postapartheid Johannesburg9 Spaces of Resistance in Seattle and Cancún; 10 Articulating Neoliberalism: Diverse Economies and Everyday Life in Postsocialist Cities; 11 Modes of Governance, Modes of Resistance: Contesting Neoliberalism in Calgary; 12 Closed Borders, Open Markets: Immigrant Day Laborers' Struggle for Economic Rights; 13 Space Patrols - the New Peace-Keeping Functions on Nonprofits: Contesting Neoliberalization of the Urban Poor?; 14 From Possible Urban Worlds to the Contested Metropolis: Urban Research and Activism in the Age of Neoliberalism ; 15 Squaring Up to NeoliberalismAbout the Editors; Index; Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: Neoliberalism's ""market revolution""--realized through practices like privatization, deregulation, fiscal devolution, and workfare programs--has had a transformative effect on contemporary cities. The consequences of market-oriented politics for urban life have been widely studied, but less attention has been given to how grassroots groups, nongovernmental organizations, and progressive city administrations are fighting back. In case studies written from a variety of theoretical and political perspectives, this book examines how struggles around such issues as affordable housing, public
• Titolo autorizzato: Contesting Neoliberalism
• ISBN: 1-281-12359-5; 9786611123598; 1-59385-621-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451139203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II