| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 225 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Cornell paperbacks |
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Cornell paperbacks.
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The place, time, and process of neoliberal urbanism -- Choosing a neoliberal path -- The glocalization of governance -- The public-private partnership -- The neoliberal spatial fix -- The reinvested urban core -- Neoliberal gentrification -- Mega-projects in the urban core : bread or circus? -- Social struggle in a neoliberal policy landscape -- Alternative futures at the end of history |
| Summary |
The shift in the ideological winds toward a "free-market" economy has brought profound effects in urban areas. The Neoliberal City presents an overview of the effect of these changes on today's cities. The term "neoliberalism" was originally used in reference to a set of practices that first-world institutions like the IMF and World Bank impose on third-world countries and cities. The support of unimpeded trade and individual freedoms and the discouragement of state regulation and social spending are the putative centerpieces of this vision. More and more, though, people have come to recognize that first-world cities are undergoing the same processes.In The Neoliberal City, Jason Hackworth argues that neoliberal policies are in fact having a profound effect on the nature and direction of urbanization in the United States and other wealthy countries, and that much can be learned from studying its effect. He explores the impact that neoliberalism has had on three aspects of urbanization in the United States: governance, urban form, and social movements. The American inner city is seen as a crucial battle zone for the wider neoliberal transition primarily because it embodies neoliberalism's antithesis, Keynesian egalitarian liberalism.Focusing on issues such as gentrification in New York City; public-housing policy in New York, Chicago, and Seattle; downtown redevelopment in Phoenix; and urban-landscape change in New Brunswick, N.J., Hackworth shows us how material and symbolic changes to institutions, neighborhoods, and entire urban regions can be traced in part to the rise of neoliberalism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-221) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Urban policy -- United States
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Municipal government -- United States
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City planning -- Political aspects -- United States
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Neoliberalism -- United States
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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City planning -- Political aspects
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Municipal government
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Neoliberalism
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Urban policy
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Neoliberalismus
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Stadtgeografie
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Stadtentwicklung
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United States
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006023306 |
| ISBN |
0801461596 |
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9780801461590 |
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0801470048 |
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9780801470042 |
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