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Urban political geographies: A global perspective

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Abstract from the publisher: How can we think about the urban within a political and geographical framework? This compelling new textbook scrutinizes urban politics through a theoretical and empirical lens to provide readers with a clear…

Mots-clés: citoyenneté, économie, équité sociale, géographie urbaine, gouvernance, mouvement social, néolibéralisme, politique de la ville, représentations, Rossi Ugo, sciences politiques, Vanolo Alberto

The right to the city: Popular contention in contemporary Buenos Aires

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Abstract from the publisher: Based on extensive, original fieldwork, as well as new survey data, The Right to the City contributes to the study of democratization by focusing on the dilemmas and opportunities of popular contention in the city of…

Mots-clés: Buenos Aires, citoyenneté, démocratie participative, droit à la ville, Ippolito-O'Donnell Gabriela, mouvement social

Tuff city: Urban change and contested space in central Naples

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Abstract from the publisher: During the 1990s, Naples’ left-wing administration sought to tackle the city’s infamous reputation of being poor, crime-ridden, chaotic and dirty by reclaiming the city’s cultural and architectural…

Mots-clés: centre historique, citoyenneté, conflit urbain, Dines Nick, espace public, immigration, mouvement social, Naples, patrimoine urbaine, renouvellement urbaine, sécurité, tourisme

Do Londoners have a right to the city?

Organisers' description : London grassroot groups are certainly making it clear what they need, from housing and transport to jobs and the environment. Is there a basic demand that underlies these needs? Is the idea of rights to the city a focus…

Mots-clés: Catterall Bob, droit à la ville, économie, Edwards Michael, équité sociale, Gibbons Andrea, injustice, Kuklowsky Celine, London, Londres, mouvement social, planification

Designing the post-political city and the insurgent polis

Abstract from the distributor : Swyngedouw points to a climate of global consensus that has become pervasive over the past twenty years, effectively suppressing dissent and excluding most people from governance. He explains this consensus as…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, démocratie participative, gouvernance, mouvement social, néolibéralisme, participation, politique de la ville, politique urbaine, Swyngedouw Erik

From critical urban theory to the right to the city

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Mots-clés: droit à la ville, Lefebvre Henri, Marcuse Peter, mouvement social

On the plaza: Post-Soviet urban ensembles

Abstract from the distributor: Among the many things that are anathema in contemporary urban planning, one of the most demonised is the large, ceremonial public square. The vast, proverbially windswept plazas built under 'really existing socialism'…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, espace public, Hatherley Owen, manifestation, mouvement social, place, plaza, post-Soviet city, protest, square, ville post-soviétique

Listening to the voices and organizing the interests of ordinary people. Great cities-ordinary lives

The fifth panel of this symposium in celebration of Anthony Orum’s retirement: Great Cities/Ordinary Lives Conference - A look at the city and its residents from the bottom up Panel 5 : Listening to the voices and organizing the interests of…

Mots-clés: communauté, community, démocratie participative, Dreier Peter, éducation, habitants, mouvement social, Nyden Philip, participation, Pattillo Mary, Rushing Wanda, sociologie urbaine, urbanité

Social justice, inequality and cities

Abstract from the distributor: Inequality is intensifying in American cities with profound consequences for people’s well being and for broader society. This panel aims to make sense of where urban inequalities emerge, how they are…

Mots-clés: équité sociale, Heynen Nik, inégalité, inequality, justice sociale, mouvement social, politique urbaine, Pulido Laura, social justice, Watkins Marilyn

Urban unrest, social resentment and justice

Abstract from the distributor: The recent events in several cities across the UK, and more widely in Europe, have raised fundamental questions about the legitimacy of public programs, the crisis-prone nature of economies and ongoing resentment and…

Mots-clés: délinquance, économie, inégalité sociale, injustice, meute, mouvement social, police, Royaume-Uni, social inequality, United Kingdom, violence urbaine

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