Description
Book SynopsisEscape is an enticing idea in contemporary cities across the world. Austerity, climate breakdown and spatial stigma have led to retreatist behaviours such as gated communities, enclave urbanism and white flight. By contrast, urban community growing projects are often considered by practitioners and commentators as communal havens in a stressful cityscape. Drawing on ethnographic research in urban growing projects in Glasgow, this book explores the spatial politics and dynamics of community, asking who benefits from such projects and how they relate to the wider city. A timely consideration of localism and community empowerment, the book sheds light on key issues of urban land use, the right to the city and the value of social connection.
Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Urban Growing in Glasgow 3. The Rhythms of Urban Escape 4. Who Gets to Escape? 5. Ownership, Autonomy and the Commons 6. Escape into Responsibility 7. Field Dynamics and Stretegic Neutrality 8. The Political Imagination of Common Justice 9. Escape, Crisis and Social Change 10. Conclusion
