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OverviewThe New Urban Question is an exuberant and illuminating adventure through our current global urban condition, tracing the connections between radical urban theory and political activism. From Haussmann's attempts to use urban planning to rid 19th-century Paris of workers revolution to the contemporary metropolis, including urban disaster-zones such as downtown Detroit, Merrifield reveals how the urban experience has been profoundly shaped by class antagonism and been the battle-ground for conspiracies, revolts and social eruptions. Going beyond the work of earlier urban theorists such as Manuel Castells, Merrifield identifies the new urban question that has emerged and demands urgent attention, as the city becomes a site of active plunder by capital and the setting for new forms of urban struggle, from Occupy to the Indignados. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Andy Merrifield (Visiting Research Associate)Publisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.181kg ISBN: 9780745334837ISBN 10: 0745334830 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 20 March 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface: Neo-Haussmannization and Its Discontents 1. Whither Urban Studies? 2. Old Urban Questions Revisited (and Reconstituted) 3. Cities under Tension 4. Strategic Embellishment and Urban Civil War 5. Sentimental Urban Education 6. Urban Jacobinism 7. Old Discourse on New Inequality 8. Every Revolution Has Its Agora 9. Taking Back Urban Politics 10. Whose City? The Parasites’, of Course... Afterword: The Parasitic Mode of Urbanization IndexReviews'Read Merrifield, whose writing is a breath of fresh air in an increasingly arid intellectual field' -- Duncan Bowie, The Chartist 'An exciting writer who brings a fresh perspective to the political debate' -- New Internationalist 'Merrifield is accessible, optimistic and even fun' -- New York Times Andy Merrifield is an exciting writer who brings a fresh perspective to the political debate. -- New Internationalist Merrifield is accessible, optimistic and even fun. -- New York Times Read Merrifield, whose writing is a breath of fresh air in an increasingly arid intellectual field -- Duncan Bowie, The Chartist Andy Merrifield is an exciting writer who brings a fresh perspective to the political debate. -- New Internationalist Merrifield is accessible, optimistic and even fun. -- New York Times Author InformationAndy Merrifield is a Fellow of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge and the author of numerous books including The New Urban Question, (Pluto, 2014) Magical Marxism (Pluto, 2011) and The Wisdom of Donkeys (Short Books, 2009). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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