Rebel cities : from the right to the city to the urban revolution / / David Harvey

• Autore: Harvey David <1935->
• Pubblicazione: London, United Kingdom : , : Verso, , 2012
• Edizione: Paperback ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource : illustrations
• Soggetto topico: Anti-globalization movement; Social justice; Capitalism; City planning; Sociology, Urban; Cities and towns
• Note generali: First published in 2012.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The right to the city -- The urban roots of capitalist crises -- The creation of the urban commons -- The art of rent -- Reclaiming the city for anti-capitalist struggle -- London 2011 : feral capitalism hits the streets -- #OWS : the party of Wall Street meets its nemesis.
• Sommario/riassunto: Manifesto on the urban commons from the acclaimed theorist. Long before the Occupy movement, modern cities had already become the central sites of revolutionary politics, where the deeper currents of social and political change rise to the surface. Consequently, cities have been the subject of much utopian thinking. But at the same time they are also the centers of capital accumulation and the frontline for struggles over who controls access to urban resources and who dictates the quality and organization of daily life. Is it the financiers and developers, or the people? Rebel Cities places the city at the heart of both capital and class struggles, looking at locations ranging from Johannesburg to Mumbai, and from New York City to Sao Paulo. Drawing on the Paris Commune as well as Occupy Wall Street and the London Riots, Harvey asks how cities might be reorganized in more socially just and ecologically sane ways-and how they can become the focus for anti-capitalist resistance. --
• Altri titoli varianti: From the right to the city to the urban revolution
• Titolo autorizzato: Rebel cities
• ISBN: 1-78873-492-0; 1-78168-405-7; 1-84467-904-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248320503316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno