Identity, Justice and Resistance in the Neoliberal City

Highlight forms of resistance developing against neoliberalism in cities
Introduces a new approach to understanding how cities shape our identities and perceptions of justice
Examines the development of several cities from the point of view of its inhabitants rather than from a developmental standpoint

Highlights forms of resistance developing against neoliberalism in cities

Introduces a new approach to understanding how cities shape our identities and perceptions of justice

Examines the development of several cities from the point of view of its inhabitants rather than from a developmental standpoint

Autorentext
Gülçin Erdi is CNRS Research Fellow at the CITERES (Cities, Territories, Environment and Society) centre, France. Previously a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the University of Warwick, UK, her research focuses on the analysis of contentious politics, spatial dimensions of social movements, and resistance inside the city.

Yldrm entürk is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Turkey. His research interests include city and social space, transnational studies, neoliberalism, labour and qualitative research, while his current research focuses on work life in Istanbul.

Inhalt
Acknowledgements.- Introduction; Gülçin Erdi & Yldrm entürk.- Chapter 1: Facing Commodification: Subaltern Tactics In A Working-Class Tokyo Neighbourhood; Nicolas Pinet.- Chapter 2: Coping With The Threat Of Evictions: Commercialisation Of Slum Development And Local Power Play In Ahmedabad, India; Yutaka Sato.- Chapter 3: Refounded Neighbourhoods And Spatial Justice: The Inhabitants' Attitudes Towards Urban Segregation; Bruno Cousin.- Chapter 4: Urban Rent Speculation, Uncertainty And Unknowns As Strategy And Resistance In Istanbul's Housing Market; Ebru Soytemel.- Chapter 5: Challenging Neoliberal Nationalism In Urban Space: Transgressive Practices And Spaces In Skopje; Ophélie Véron.- Chapter 6: Neighbourhood Resistance And Gecekondu Women In Ankara; Gülçin Erdi.- Chapter 7: Turkish/Kurdish Women's Migrant Steps In London: Public Walks, Personal Returns; Göze Saner & Saniye Dedeolu.- Chapter 8: Homeless Survival And Resistance In The Neoliberal City; Chantal Butchinsky.- Chapter 9: Managing The Problems Of The Cities: Doing Business While Governing Istanbul; Yldrm entürk.- Chapter 10: Urban Resilience And Resistance In The Neoliberal City: The Cases Of Comunidade Coliseu (São Paulo, Brazil) And Es.Col.A, Fontinha (Porto, Portugal) ; Dan Rodrigues Levy & Cláudia Barbosa Rodrigues.- Index.