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Between Realism and Revolt Governing Cities in the Crisis of Neoliberal Globalism.

Leading governance theorist Jonathan S. Davies develops a rich comparative analysis of austerity governance and resistance in eight cities, to establish a conjunctural perspective on the rolling crises of neoliberal globalism.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davies, Jonathan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2021.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Between Realism and Revolt: Governing Cities in the Crisis of Neoliberal Globalism
  • Copyright information
  • Dedication
  • Table of contents
  • List of Tables
  • Contributing Investigators
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Problematising urban austerity governance
  • Eight cities as case studies
  • Issues in comparative urban studies
  • Data and analysis
  • Further methodological considerations
  • Structure
  • 1 Studying Urban Political (Dis)Orders
  • Introduction
  • Studying urban political (dis)orders: between pessimism of the intellect and optimism of the will?
  • The case for strategic pessimism
  • The duality of 'power' and 'resistance'
  • Sources of socialist agency
  • Gramscian regime analysis
  • Crises, neoliberalism and austerity
  • Crisis, interregnum and conjuncture
  • Conjunctural analysis
  • Neoliberalism
  • Austerity
  • Conclusion
  • 2 Dynamics of Crisis, Neoliberalisation and Austerity
  • Introduction
  • Eight cities in and beyond the global economic crisis
  • The Eurozone recessions
  • Recession beyond the Eurozone
  • Australia: the exception
  • Radicalising neoliberalism through austerity
  • Neoliberalisation without 'austerity'?
  • Austerity? Not here!
  • Conclusion
  • 3 Austerity and State Rescaling
  • Introduction
  • The financial and juridical squeeze on local government
  • Austerity and functional jurisdiction
  • Austerity and territorial jurisdiction
  • Conclusion
  • 4 Consolidating Neoliberal Austerity Regimes
  • Introduction
  • Athens: an emerging multi-scalar elite pluralist regime1
  • Baltimore: a racialised elite pluralist development regime
  • Dublin: a revanchist national austerity regime
  • Leicester: a nationally mandated austerian realist regime
  • Conclusion
  • 5 Regime Divergence and the Limits of Austere Neoliberalism
  • Introduction
  • Montréal: a development regime interregnum?
  • Nantes: a corroding sustainable development regime?
  • Greater Dandenong: a state-led intercultural revitalisation regime
  • Barcelona: a new municipalist challenge to austere neoliberalism
  • Conclusion
  • 6 Resisting Austerity: Resonant Solidarities and Small Wins
  • Introduction
  • Strategic internationalism
  • The feminisation of urban politics
  • Re-constituting rebellious civil society
  • New urban activisms: collaborative governance at the grassroots
  • Rescaling and redefining the city
  • Intersectoral solidarities: students, workers, communities and voluntary groups
  • Uploading: policy pressure on upper tiers
  • 7 The 'Activity of Ruling Groups': Containment, De-mobilisation and Fragmentation
  • Introduction
  • Containing and deflecting resistance
  • Scalecraft and spatial containment
  • The chilling effects of late corporatism
  • Community disorganising
  • Limits of new municipalism
  • Brexit and the new conservative hegemony?
  • Conclusion