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A lucid and vibrant contribution to the field of urban studies, tracing the connections between radical urban theory and political activism.

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'Merrifield is accessible, optimistic and even fun' -- New York Times
'An exciting writer who brings a fresh perspective to the political debate' -- New Internationalist
'Read Merrifield, whose writing is a breath of fresh air in an increasingly arid intellectual field' -- Duncan Bowie, The Chartist

Table of Contents
Preface: 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
Index

The New Urban Question

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    A Paperback by Andy Merrifield

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      Publisher Pluto Press
      Published 3/20/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780745334837
      978-0745334837
      ISBN-10 0745334830
      Also in:
      Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Political geography

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A lucid and vibrant contribution to the field of urban studies, tracing the connections between radical urban theory and political activism.

      Trade Review
      'Merrifield is accessible, optimistic and even fun' -- New York Times
      'An exciting writer who brings a fresh perspective to the political debate' -- New Internationalist
      'Read Merrifield, whose writing is a breath of fresh air in an increasingly arid intellectual field' -- Duncan Bowie, The Chartist

      Table of Contents
      Preface: 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
      Index

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