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

"In 2006, a group of residents in Yungay, a working-class neighborhood of lowrises in the center of Santiago, attended a public hearing organized by city officials. The neighbors had expected a perfunctory event, and attended somewhat by chance. Instead, to their surprise, officials informed participants of a plan to change zoning laws that would have dramatically augmented the construction of high-rises in their neighborhood. Residents knew that the threat was real. They had already observed waves of high-rises being built throughout the city, as the mayor pursued flagship projects and infrastructure modernization to position Santiago as a competitive center for international investment. This was taking place in the heart of a country considered the historical hotbed of neoliberalism: unions were weak, and the fiscal, planning, and taxation environment had traditionally and strongly favored developers"--

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:1 online resource (xiii, 388 pages) : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781108775700, 1108775705
oclc:on1125129758
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…

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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