A lucid and vibrant contribution to the field of urban studies, tracing the connections between radical urban theory and political activism. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGCP; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 124 x 9. Weight in Grams: 228. . 2014. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: The New Urban Question
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication Date: 2014
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0745334830
ISBN 13: 9780745334837
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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The 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.

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Andrew Merrifield is the author of The Urbanization of Injustice,Dialectical Urbanism: Social Struggles in the Capitalist City, and Metromarxism: A Marxist Tale of the City.

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