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Table of Contents

List of Figures xii

List of Tables xiv

List of Abbreviations xv

Series Editor's Preface xvi

Preface and Acknowledgements xvii

Part One Theory, Method, Context 1

1. Introduction and Theoretical Framework 3

Urban Political Economy: For Homelessness? 7

State Rescaling: The Central Concept of this Book 9

Subcomponent 1: National States 13

Subcomponent 2: Public and Private Spaces 17

Subcomponent 3: Urban Social Movements 21

The Method of Theorisation in this Book 26

Postcolonial Urban Theory 30

Between Abstract and Concrete 30

The Structure of this Book 32

2. Japanese Context and the Regulationist Ethnography 37

Theory Specification 1: National States 38

Theory Specification 2: Public and Private Spaces 40

Theory Specification 3: Urban Social Movements 44

Regulationist Ethnography 45

Sites of Participatory Observation 49

The Nature of Data 53

Subaltern Materials 56

Conclusion 59

Part Two National States and Public and Private Spaces 61

3. Scales of Societalisation: Integral State and the Rescaling of Poverty 63

Theory and Its "Deviants" 64

Theoretical Framework 67

Mobilising the Theory for Japan 77

Nationalised Space of Poverty Regulation in Japan 79

New Regulatory Spaces in Japan 93

Conclusion 100

4. Rescaling Urban Metabolism I: Homeless Labour for "Housing" 103

The Urban Matrix and the Housing Classes 104

Metabolism, Societalisation, Rescaling 107

Specification of Theory 116

Metabolism and Regulation I: Locational Ethnography 122

Metabolism and Regulation II: Multicity Ethnography 130

Conclusion 132

5. Rescaling Urban Metabolism II: Homeless Labour for Money 135

Homeless Recyclers: A Regulationist Approach 136

Homeless Recyclers in Japan 139

Regulationist Ethnography I: Regulating the Recycling Metabolism 143

Regulationist Ethnography II: New Recycling Strategies 147

Regulationist Ethnography III: Movements for Homeless Recyclers 150

Conclusion 153

Part Three Urban Social Movements 155

6. Placemaking in the Inner City: Social and Cultural Niches of Homeless Activism 157

The Inner City: Beyond Regulation 158

Lefebvre in the Inner City 159

Japanese Contexts 166

Placemaking in Yokohama's Inner City: From Run-Ups to the 1970s 170

Placemaking in Yokohama's Inner City: The 1980s 176

Placemaking in Yokohama's Inner City: The 1990s 180

Conclusion 183

7. Commoning around the Inner City: Whose Public? Whose Common? 186

Commoning, Habiting, Othering 187

Commoning against Othering 189

Japanese Parameters of Commoning 191

Commoning in Yokohama in the 1970s 192

Commoning in Yokohama in the 1980s 198

Commoning in Yokohama in the 1990s-2000s 203

Conclusion 214

8. Translating to New Cities: Geographical and Cultural Expansion 216

Outlying Cities 217

Brokerage and Translation 220

Placemaking in the Outlying Cities 224

Commoning in the Outlying Cities 229

Solidarity against a New Rescaling 234

Conclusion 236

Part Four Towards the Future of Rescaling Studies 239

9. New Rescalings in Japan 241

Upscaling of Homeless Politics in the Late 2000s 241

Neoliberalisation and Workfarist Reform in the 2010s 246

Rescaling for All 249

When Public Spaces Are Closed 251

Repoliticising the Urban 253

The Inner City against Gentrification 254

COVID-19, Rescaling, Recommoning 256

10. Conclusion 258

Urban Theory and Ethnography 261

Remapping Urban Political Economy 262

Habitat and Urban Class Relations 263

Integral State Rescaling 264

References 265

Index 294

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      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      List of Figures xii

      List of Tables xiv

      List of Abbreviations xv

      Series Editor's Preface xvi

      Preface and Acknowledgements xvii

      Part One Theory, Method, Context 1

      1. Introduction and Theoretical Framework 3

      Urban Political Economy: For Homelessness? 7

      State Rescaling: The Central Concept of this Book 9

      Subcomponent 1: National States 13

      Subcomponent 2: Public and Private Spaces 17

      Subcomponent 3: Urban Social Movements 21

      The Method of Theorisation in this Book 26

      Postcolonial Urban Theory 30

      Between Abstract and Concrete 30

      The Structure of this Book 32

      2. Japanese Context and the Regulationist Ethnography 37

      Theory Specification 1: National States 38

      Theory Specification 2: Public and Private Spaces 40

      Theory Specification 3: Urban Social Movements 44

      Regulationist Ethnography 45

      Sites of Participatory Observation 49

      The Nature of Data 53

      Subaltern Materials 56

      Conclusion 59

      Part Two National States and Public and Private Spaces 61

      3. Scales of Societalisation: Integral State and the Rescaling of Poverty 63

      Theory and Its "Deviants" 64

      Theoretical Framework 67

      Mobilising the Theory for Japan 77

      Nationalised Space of Poverty Regulation in Japan 79

      New Regulatory Spaces in Japan 93

      Conclusion 100

      4. Rescaling Urban Metabolism I: Homeless Labour for "Housing" 103

      The Urban Matrix and the Housing Classes 104

      Metabolism, Societalisation, Rescaling 107

      Specification of Theory 116

      Metabolism and Regulation I: Locational Ethnography 122

      Metabolism and Regulation II: Multicity Ethnography 130

      Conclusion 132

      5. Rescaling Urban Metabolism II: Homeless Labour for Money 135

      Homeless Recyclers: A Regulationist Approach 136

      Homeless Recyclers in Japan 139

      Regulationist Ethnography I: Regulating the Recycling Metabolism 143

      Regulationist Ethnography II: New Recycling Strategies 147

      Regulationist Ethnography III: Movements for Homeless Recyclers 150

      Conclusion 153

      Part Three Urban Social Movements 155

      6. Placemaking in the Inner City: Social and Cultural Niches of Homeless Activism 157

      The Inner City: Beyond Regulation 158

      Lefebvre in the Inner City 159

      Japanese Contexts 166

      Placemaking in Yokohama's Inner City: From Run-Ups to the 1970s 170

      Placemaking in Yokohama's Inner City: The 1980s 176

      Placemaking in Yokohama's Inner City: The 1990s 180

      Conclusion 183

      7. Commoning around the Inner City: Whose Public? Whose Common? 186

      Commoning, Habiting, Othering 187

      Commoning against Othering 189

      Japanese Parameters of Commoning 191

      Commoning in Yokohama in the 1970s 192

      Commoning in Yokohama in the 1980s 198

      Commoning in Yokohama in the 1990s-2000s 203

      Conclusion 214

      8. Translating to New Cities: Geographical and Cultural Expansion 216

      Outlying Cities 217

      Brokerage and Translation 220

      Placemaking in the Outlying Cities 224

      Commoning in the Outlying Cities 229

      Solidarity against a New Rescaling 234

      Conclusion 236

      Part Four Towards the Future of Rescaling Studies 239

      9. New Rescalings in Japan 241

      Upscaling of Homeless Politics in the Late 2000s 241

      Neoliberalisation and Workfarist Reform in the 2010s 246

      Rescaling for All 249

      When Public Spaces Are Closed 251

      Repoliticising the Urban 253

      The Inner City against Gentrification 254

      COVID-19, Rescaling, Recommoning 256

      10. Conclusion 258

      Urban Theory and Ethnography 261

      Remapping Urban Political Economy 262

      Habitat and Urban Class Relations 263

      Integral State Rescaling 264

      References 265

      Index 294

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