Resisting redevelopment: protest in aspiring global cities

by Pasotti, Eleonora

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Title Statements

Full title :Resisting redevelopment : protest in aspiring global cities / Eleonora Pasotti.

Summary

"The politics of urban development is one of the most enduring, central themes of urban politics. In Resisting Redevelopment, Eleonora Pasotti explores the forces that enable residents of "aspiring global cities," or economically competitive cities, to mobilize against gentrification and other forms of displacement, as well as what makes mobilizations successful. Scholars and activists alike will benefit from this one-of-a-kind comparative study. Impressive in its scope, this book examines twenty-nine protest campaigns over a decade in ten major cities across five continents, from Santiago to Seoul to Los Angeles. Pasotti sheds light on an approach that is both understudied and remarkably effective - the practice of successful organizers deploying "experiential tools," or events, social archives, neighborhood tours, and performances designed to attract participants and transform the protest site into the place to be. With this book, Pasotti promises to provide a creative and novel contribution to the literature of contentious politics."--Provided by publisher

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2020

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2020

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 388 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781108478021, 1108478026, 9781108745444, 110874544X
oclc:on1196820600
LC Classification:HM883
Dewey Decimal:303.48/4

Introduction -- Explaining protest against urban redevelopment -- Research design and overview of results -- Aspiring global cities -- Shared prominence despite institutional variation -- Redevelopment under neoliberalism -- City brands and cultural industries -- Explaining mobilization -- Experiential tools and networks: Santiago -- Experiential tools, networks and mass mobilization: Istanbul, Tel Aviv, Jaffa -- Squatting, experiential tools and prior protest legacies -- Militant legacies: Seoul -- Creatives: Hamburg -- Squat protest in liberal and coordinated market economies: Toronto, Madrid -- Judicial resistance and prior protest legacies -- Legal strategies in coordinated and liberal market economies: Madrid, Los Angeles -- Protest with high union support: Buenos Aires -- Explaining impact -- Council allies and partisan alignments -- The pivotal role of the councilor in single member district systems: Toronto -- Political allies limit the effects of rightwing partisan alignment: Istanbul, Seoul -- Redevelopment in public housing estates: Toronto, Melbourne -- Militancy: fighting art to deter displacement: Boyle Heights, Los Angeles -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Qualitative co…

Subjects

Administration locale -- Études de cas Case studies City Planning City planning -- Case studies Contestation -- Études de cas Embourgeoisement (Urbanisme) -- Études … Gentrification Gentrification -- Case studies Local Government Local government -- Case studies Mouvements sociaux -- Études de cas political art Political art -- Case studies Protest movements Protest movements -- Case studies Social movements Social movements -- Case studies