Rebel cities : from the right to the city to the urban revolution / David Harvey.

By:

Harvey, David, 1935-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; New York : Verso, 2013.Description: xviii, 187 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9781781680742

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

303.372

Contents:

The right to the city -- The urban roots of capitalist crises -- The creation of the urban commons -- The art of rent -- Reclaiming the city for anti-capitalist struggle -- London 2011 : feral capitalism hits the streets -- #OWS : the party of Wall Street meets its nemesis.

Summary: "Long before Occupy, cities were the subject of much utopian thinking. they are the centers of capital accumulation as well as of revolutionary politics, where deeper currents of social and political change rise to the surface. Do the financiers and developers control access to urban resources or do the people? Who dictates the quality and organization of daily life? Rebel Cities places the city at the heart of both capital and class struggles, looking at locations ranging from Johannesburg to Mumbai, from New York City to Sao Paulo. Drawing on the Paris Commune as well as Occupy Wall Street and the London Riots, Harvey asks how cities might be reorganized in more socially just and ecologically sane ways - and how they can become the focus for anti-capitalist resistance." -- Provided by the publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Reserve - Overnight loan	CYA Library Reserve	303.372 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000008911		Tousi, Evgenia

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Long before Occupy, cities were the subject of much utopian thinking. they are the centers of capital accumulation as well as of revolutionary politics, where deeper currents of social and political change rise to the surface. Do the financiers and developers control access to urban resources or do the people? Who dictates the quality and organization of daily life?
Rebel Cities places the city at the heart of both capital and class struggles, looking at locations ranging from Johannesburg to Mumbai, from New York City to Sao Paulo. Drawing on the Paris Commune as well as Occupy Wall Street and the London Riots, Harvey asks how cities might be reorganized in more socially just and ecologically sane ways - and how they can become the focus for anti-capitalist resistance." -- Provided by the publisher.