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In the 1970s and following on from the deposition of Salvador
Allende, the Chilean dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet installed a
radical political and economic system by force which lent heavy
privilege to free market capitalism, reduced the power of the state
to its minimum and actively suppressed civil society. Chicago
economist Milton Friedman was heavily involved in developing this
model, and it would be hard to think of a clearer case where
ideology has shaped a country over such a long period. That
ideology is still very much with us today and has come to be
defined as neoliberalism. This book charts the process as it
developed in the Chilean capital Santiago and involves a series of
case studies and reflections on the city as a neoliberal construct.
The variegated, technocratic and post-authoritarian aspects of the
neoliberal turn in Chile serve as a cultural and political milieu.
Through the work of urban scholars, architects, activists and
artists, a cacophony of voices assemble to illustrate the existing
neoliberal urbanism of Santiago and its irreducible tension between
polis and civitas in the specific context of omnipresent
neoliberalism. Chapters explore multiple aspects of the neoliberal
delirium of Santiago: observing the antagonists of this scheme;
reviewing the insurgent emergence of alternative and contested
practices; and suggesting ways forward in a potential
post-neoliberal city. Refusing an essentialist call, Neoliberalism
and Urban Development in Latin America offers an alternative
understanding of the urban conditions of Santiago. It will be
essential reading to students of urban development, neoliberalism
and urban theory, and well as architects, urban planners,
geographers, anthropologists, economists, philosophers and
sociologists.
This book discusses the status of urban design as a disciplinary
field and as a practice under the current and pervasive neoliberal
regime. The main argument is that urban design has been wholly
reshaped by neoliberalism. In this transformation, it has become a
discipline that has neglected its original ethos - designing good
cities - aligning its theory and practice with the sole
profit-oriented objectives typical of advanced capitalist
societies. The book draws on Marxism-inspired scholars for a
conceptual analysis of how neoliberalism influenced the emergence
of urbanism and urban design. It looks specifically at how, in
urbanism's everyday dimensions, it is possible to find examples of
resistance and emancipation. Based on empirical evidence, archival
resources, and immersion in the socio-spatial reality of Santiago
de Chile, the book illustrates the way neoliberalism compromises
urban designers' ethics and practices, and therefore how its
theories become instrumental to the neoliberal transformation of
urban society represented in contemporary urbanisms. It will be a
valuable resource for academics and students in the fields of
architecture, urban studies, sociology and geography.
Through the lens of political economy, this book positions housing
as a key factor in understanding social inequality. It does so by
drawing on rich empirical evidence from the case of the Chilean
housing market. This book provides insights on the articulation
between real estate development, housing provision and social
inequality based on applied urban economics analyses that
illustrate the contradictions of neoliberal urbanism through the
case of Chile. For neoliberal urbanism, the good city is not equal
for all, it is based on the principle of profitability and benefits
from segregation to make capital investment more efficient. The
chapters of this book expose how these processes are generated by a
political system that allows them rather than by the invisible hand
of the market. The book will be of interest to graduate students in
urban studies, urban planning, sociology and urban geography. It
will also appeal to decision-makers and also to actors in the real
estate market seeking to perfect the social benefits of their
professional activities, aspiring to generate more egalitarian and
just cities.
This book discusses the status of urban design as a disciplinary
field and as a practice under the current and pervasive neoliberal
regime. The main argument is that urban design has been wholly
reshaped by neoliberalism. In this transformation, it has become a
discipline that has neglected its original ethos - designing good
cities - aligning its theory and practice with the sole
profit-oriented objectives typical of advanced capitalist
societies. The book draws on Marxism-inspired scholars for a
conceptual analysis of how neoliberalism influenced the emergence
of urbanism and urban design. It looks specifically at how, in
urbanism's everyday dimensions, it is possible to find examples of
resistance and emancipation. Based on empirical evidence, archival
resources, and immersion in the socio-spatial reality of Santiago
de Chile, the book illustrates the way neoliberalism compromises
urban designers' ethics and practices, and therefore how its
theories become instrumental to the neoliberal transformation of
urban society represented in contemporary urbanisms. It will be a
valuable resource for academics and students in the fields of
architecture, urban studies, sociology and geography.
In the 1970s and following on from the deposition of Salvador
Allende, the Chilean dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet installed a
radical political and economic system by force which lent heavy
privilege to free market capitalism, reduced the power of the state
to its minimum and actively suppressed civil society. Chicago
economist Milton Friedman was heavily involved in developing this
model, and it would be hard to think of a clearer case where
ideology has shaped a country over such a long period. That
ideology is still very much with us today and has come to be
defined as neoliberalism. This book charts the process as it
developed in the Chilean capital Santiago and involves a series of
case studies and reflections on the city as a neoliberal construct.
The variegated, technocratic and post-authoritarian aspects of the
neoliberal turn in Chile serve as a cultural and political milieu.
Through the work of urban scholars, architects, activists and
artists, a cacophony of voices assemble to illustrate the existing
neoliberal urbanism of Santiago and its irreducible tension between
polis and civitas in the specific context of omnipresent
neoliberalism. Chapters explore multiple aspects of the neoliberal
delirium of Santiago: observing the antagonists of this scheme;
reviewing the insurgent emergence of alternative and contested
practices; and suggesting ways forward in a potential
post-neoliberal city. Refusing an essentialist call, Neoliberalism
and Urban Development in Latin America offers an alternative
understanding of the urban conditions of Santiago. It will be
essential reading to students of urban development, neoliberalism
and urban theory, and well as architects, urban planners,
geographers, anthropologists, economists, philosophers and
sociologists.
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