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Debating the Neoliberal City (Paperback)
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Debating the Neoliberal City (Paperback)
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The concept of the neoliberal city has become a key structuring
analytical framework in the field of urban studies. It explains
both the ongoing transformation of urban policies and the
socio-spatial effects of these policies within cities and
highlights the prominent role of cities in the new geography of
capitalism. Bringing together a team of leading scholars, this book
challenges the neoliberal city thesis. It argues that the
definition of neoliberalization may be more complex than it seems,
resulting in over-simplified explanations of some processes, such
as the rise of metropolitan governments or the importance given to
urban economic development policies or gentrification. As a
structuralist and macro-level theory, the "neoliberal city" does
not shed light upon micro-level processes or identify and analyze
actors' logics and practices. Finally, the concept is profoundly
influenced by the historical trajectories of the United Kingdom and
the United States, and the generalization of this experience to
other contexts often leads to a kind of academic ethnocentrism.
This book argues that, on its own, the current conceptualizations
of neoliberalization are insufficient. Instead, it should be
analyzed alongside other transformative processes in order to
provide an analytical framework to explain the variety of processes
of change, motivations and justifications too easily labelled as
urban neoliberalism. This unique and critical contribution will be
essential reading for students and scholars alike working in Human
Geography, Urban Studies, Economics, Sociology and Public Policy.
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