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Shaking Up the City: Ignorance, Inequality, and the Urban Question

Shaking Up the City: Ignorance, Inequality, and the Urban Question

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Shaking Up the City is a book that challenges mainstream urban studies by examining concepts and categories that serve dubious policy agendas. It explores themes such as data-driven innovation, urban resilience, gentrification, displacement, rent control, neighborhood effects, territorial stigmatization, and ethnoracial segregation, and engages with struggles for land rights and housing justice.

Format: Hardback
Length: 258 pages
Publication date: 21 September 2021
Publisher: University of California Press


Shaking Up the City is a groundbreaking book that critically examines numerous concepts and categories within mainstream urban studies, challenging their dubious policy agendas. Author Tom Slater employs a combination of theory and empirical evidence to "shake up" the field, challenging prevailing wisdom and offering fresh perspectives. Slater delves into themes such as data-driven innovation, urban resilience, gentrification, displacement, rent control, neighborhood effects, territorial stigmatization, and ethnoracial segregation.

This book makes significant contributions to ongoing debates in sociology, geography, urban planning, and public policy. It engages closely with struggles for land rights and housing justice, providing valuable insights for scholarship and political action to combat the spread of urbanism driven by vested interests. By challenging the dominant narratives and exposing the underlying assumptions, Shaking Up the City offers a powerful critique of the current urban landscape and provides a roadmap for a more equitable and sustainable future.

Through its comprehensive analysis and insightful arguments, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in urban studies, sociology, geography, and public policy. It sheds light on the complex dynamics shaping our cities and provides valuable insights for policymakers, activists, and scholars seeking to create a more just and inclusive urban environment.

Weight: 476g
Dimension: 159 x 235 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780520303041

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