Identity, justice and resistance in the neoliberal city 978-1-137-58632-2, 113758632X, 978-1-137-58631-5
This book details the current neoliberal restructuring of cities and its impact on the rise and spread of resistance and
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English Pages [284] Year 2017
Table of contents :
Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Introduction (Gülçin Erdi, Yıldırım Şentürk)....Pages 1-11
Facing Commodification: Subaltern Tactics in a Working-Class Tokyo Neighbourhood (Nicolas Pinet)....Pages 13-35
Coping with the Threat of Evictions: Commercialisation of Slum Development and Local Power Play in Ahmedabad, India (Yutaka Sato)....Pages 37-62
Refounded Neighbourhoods and Spatial Justice: The Inhabitants’ Attitudes Towards Urban Segregation (Bruno Cousin)....Pages 63-83
Urban Rent Speculation, Uncertainty and Unknowns as Strategy and Resistance in Istanbul’s Housing Market (Ebru Soytemel)....Pages 85-115
Challenging Neoliberal Nationalism in Urban Space: Transgressive Practices and Spaces in Skopje (Ophélie Véron)....Pages 117-142
Neighbourhood Resistance and Gecekondu Women in Ankara (Gülçin Erdi)....Pages 143-170
Turkish/Kurdish Women’s Migrant Steps in London: Public Walks, Personal Returns (Göze Saner, Saniye Dedeoğlu)....Pages 171-196
Homeless Survival and Resistance in the Neoliberal City (Chantal Butchinsky)....Pages 197-221
Managing the Problems of the Cities: Doing Business While Governing Istanbul (Yıldırım Şentürk)....Pages 223-246
Urban Resilience and Resistance in the Neoliberal City: The Cases of Comunidade Coliseu (Brazil—São Paulo) and Es.Col.A Da Fontinha (Portugal—Porto) (Dan Rodrigues Levy, Cláudia Barbosa Rodrigues)....Pages 247-274
Back Matter ....Pages 275-279
