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21 produkter
Neoliberal Urbanism, Contested Cities and Housing in Asia
Av Yi-Ling Chen, Hyun Bang Shin
Inbunden, 2019
987 kr
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Considering Asian cities ranging from Taipei, Hong Kong and Bangkok to Hanoi, Nanjing and Seoul, this collection discusses the socio-political processes of how neoliberalization entwines with local political economies and legacies of ‘developmental’ or ‘socialist’ statism to produce urban …
Global Cultural Capital
Addressing the Citizen and Producing the City in Barcelona
Inbunden, 2017
1204 kr
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This book argues the crucial role of culture and cultural policies in defining the notion of urban citizenship in Barcelona since 1979. Through analysis of official documents, municipal publicity campaigns, sport – including the Olympic Games and Barcelona F.C – and film, Balibrea makes sense of …
Cities and the Super-Rich
Real Estate, Elite Practices and Urban Political Economies
Av Ray Forrest, Sin Yee Koh m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1422 kr
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With the rise of wealth inequalities, our cities are changing dramatically. This collection critically engages with and advances existing debates on the super-rich and their roles in these transformations. An interdisciplinary range of contributions from international experts including …
Making the Middle-class City
The Politics of Gentrifying Amsterdam
Av Willem Boterman, Wouter van Gent
Inbunden, 2022
1422 kr
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This book seeks to understand the urban transformation of Amsterdam over a 40-year period. In addition to charting social and economic changes associated with gentrification, it analyses the electoral dynamics and middle-class politics that have underpinned Amsterdam’s change to a middle-class …
Global Cultural Capital
Addressing the Citizen and Producing the City in Barcelona
Häftad, 2020
769 kr
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This book argues the crucial role of culture and cultural policies in defining the notion of urban citizenship in Barcelona since 1979. Through analysis of official documents, municipal publicity campaigns, sport – including the Olympic Games and Barcelona F.C – and film, Balibrea makes sense of …
Cities and the Super-Rich
Real Estate, Elite Practices and Urban Political Economies
Av Ray Forrest, Sin Yee Koh m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
1422 kr
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With the rise of wealth inequalities, our cities are changing dramatically. This collection critically engages with and advances existing debates on the super-rich and their roles in these transformations. An interdisciplinary range of contributions from international experts including …
Urban Politics of Squatters' Movements
Inbunden, 2017
1422 kr
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This volume sheds light on the development of squatting practices and movements in nine European cities (Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Rome, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Rotterdam and Brighton) by examining the numbers, variations and significant contexts in their life course. It reveals how and why …
Urban Politics of Squatters' Movements
Häftad, 2018
987 kr
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This volume sheds light on the development of squatting practices and movements in nine European cities (Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Rome, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Rotterdam and Brighton) by examining the numbers, variations and significant contexts in their life course. It reveals how and why …
Divided City and the Grassroots
The (Un)making of Ethnic Divisions in Mostar
Inbunden, 2018
1098 kr
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Focusing on Mostar, a city in Bosnia Herzegovina that became the epitome of ethnic divisions during the Yugoslav wars, this cutting edge book considers processes of violent partitioning in cities. Providing an in-depth understanding of the social, political, and mundane dynamics that keep cities …
Reclaiming Cities as Spaces of Middle Class Parenthood
Inbunden, 2018
1312 kr
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For nearly a century families have been out-migrating to suburbs and peri-urban areas. In this book, Johanna Lilius conceptualizes the relatively recent phenomenon of families choosing to live in the inner city. Drawing on a range of qualitative data, the book offers a holistic approach to …
Power, Glamour and Angst
Inside Australia's Elite Neighbourhoods
Av Ilan Wiesel
Inbunden, 2018
1094 kr
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Power, Glamour and Angst is about the social and cultural life of three Australian neighbourhoods – Toorak (Melbourne), Mosman (Sydney) and Cottesloe (Perth) - which are home to some of the nation’s wealthiest and most powerful citizens. The book explores how living in these neighbourhoods shapes …
Contested Cities and Urban Activism
Av Ngai Ming Yip, Miguel Angel Martínez López m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1638 kr
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This edited volume advances our understanding of urban activism beyond the social movement theorization dominated by thesis of political opportunity structure and resource mobilization, as well as by research based on experience from the global north. Covering a diversity of urban actions from a …
Divided City and the Grassroots
The (Un)making of Ethnic Divisions in Mostar
Häftad, 2019
768 kr
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Focusing on Mostar, a city in Bosnia Herzegovina that became the epitome of ethnic divisions during the Yugoslav wars, this cutting edge book considers processes of violent partitioning in cities. Providing an in-depth understanding of the social, political, and mundane dynamics that keep cities …
Reclaiming Cities as Spaces of Middle Class Parenthood
Häftad, 2019
1312 kr
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For nearly a century families have been out-migrating to suburbs and peri-urban areas. In this book, Johanna Lilius conceptualizes the relatively recent phenomenon of families choosing to live in the inner city. Drawing on a range of qualitative data, the book offers a holistic approach to …
Power, Glamour and Angst
Inside Australia's Elite Neighbourhoods
Av Ilan Wiesel
Häftad, 2019
1094 kr
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Power, Glamour and Angst is about the social and cultural life of three Australian neighbourhoods – Toorak (Melbourne), Mosman (Sydney) and Cottesloe (Perth) - which are home to some of the nation’s wealthiest and most powerful citizens. The book explores how living in these neighbourhoods shapes …
Contested Cities and Urban Activism
Av Ngai Ming Yip, Miguel Angel Martínez López m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
1203 kr
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This edited volume advances our understanding of urban activism beyond the social movement theorization dominated by thesis of political opportunity structure and resource mobilization, as well as by research based on experience from the global north. Covering a diversity of urban actions from a …
Jerusalem Online
Critical Cartography for the Digital Age
Inbunden, 2021
662 kr
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The book addresses the rapid shifts which have taken place within cartography, and argues that no amount of technological sophistication will lead to neutral representations, and that as such critical cartography provides a solid foundation for questioning the power of maps. It considers the …
Jerusalem Online
Critical Cartography for the Digital Age
Häftad, 2022
662 kr
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The book addresses the rapid shifts which have taken place within cartography, and argues that no amount of technological sophistication will lead to neutral representations, and that as such critical cartography provides a solid foundation for questioning the power of maps. It considers the …
Dhaka, Everyday Imagination and the Subjective City
Inbunden, 2026
1094 kr
Kommande
This book examines the affective domain of the city to visibilise the invisible order that informs the complex urban reality in today's world. Exploring both the lived and imaginary properties of Dhaka, it uncovers alternative spatial logics and signifying relations among other local dynamics …
Art in the City, the City in Art
Inbunden, 2024
1468 kr
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This Book examines an interplay between discourses on the city that stress theneed for rational-functional order and art’s imaginative deviations from the topdownstructures of urban life. Moving between theory and praxis, the booksituates the city as both a concept and physical construct through …
Art in the City, the City in Art
Häftad, 2025
1468 kr
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This Book examines an interplay between discourses on the city that stress theneed for rational-functional order and art’s imaginative deviations from the topdownstructures of urban life. Moving between theory and praxis, the booksituates the city as both a concept and physical construct through …
