Mayer, Margit.

Social movements in the (post- ) neoliberal city / Margit Mayer.

London : Bedford Press, ©2010.

56 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm

Civic city cahier ; 1

"Margit Mayer looks at contemporary social movements that contest neoliberal urban development by invoking the Right to the City, a motto originally coined by Henri Lefébvre in the 1960s. Mayer contrasts these new movements to those of previous phases in postwar, political-economic development, and thus establishes a set of correspondences between consecutive urban regimes and shifting forms of contestation. This framework helps to identify the novelty of progressive movements within the (post- )neoliberal city - as well as to explore the scope of meanings attached to their demand for the Right to the City, which has become such a defining feature of current urban struggles not just in the Euro-American core, but around the world. Social Movements in the (Post- )Neoliberal City discusses the implications of the current economic crisis for the Right to the City movements, and speculates about what these movements might imply for designing the (post- )neoliberal city. The Civic City Cahier series intends to provide material for a critical discussion about the role of design for a new social city. It publishes short monographic texts by authors who specialise in urban and design theory and practice"--Publisher's website.

9781907414053 (pbk.)
1907414053 (pbk.)

City planning Political aspects.
Design Political aspects.
Design Aspect politique.
Moderne
Neoliberalismus
Soziale Bewegung
Stadt
Stadtforschung

periodicals.
Periodicals
Périodiques.

Civic city cahier ; 1.

Location: Library main 275396
Call No.: BIB 209604
Status: Available