Tom Slater
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: Paperback / softback
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 theoretical insights and empirical evidence to "shake up" the field, challenging prevailing wisdom and offering a fresh perspective. 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 valuable resource for those seeking to understand and address the complex challenges facing cities today.
In conclusion, Shaking Up the City is a must-read for anyone interested in urban studies, sociology, geography, and public policy. It provides a critical analysis of mainstream urban theories and offers alternative perspectives that challenge the status quo. Through its engagement with real-world issues and its commitment to social justice, this book offers valuable insights for scholars and activists working to create more equitable and sustainable cities.
Weight: 360g
Dimension: 153 x 230 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780520386228
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