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Title Cities and inequalities in a global and neoliberal world / edited by Faranak Miraftab, David Wilson and Ken E. Salo
Published London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge studies in urbanism and the city
Routledge studies in urbanism and the city.
Contents pt. 1. Urban inequalities across the world -- pt. 2. Resistances and insurgencies : thoughts and possibilities
Summary Cities continue to be key sites for the production and contestation of inequalities generated by an ongoing but troubled neoliberal project. Neoliberalism's onslaught across the globe now shapes diverse inequalities -- poverty, segregation, racism, social exclusion, homelessness -- as city inhabitants feel the brunt of privatization, state re-organization, and punishing social policy. This book examines the relationship between persistent neoliberalism and the production and contestation of inequalities in cities across the world. Case studies of current city realities reveal a richly place-s
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 29, 2015)
Subject Urbanization -- Social aspects
Sociology, Urban.
Equality.
Neoliberalism.
Urban economics.
urban sociology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
Equality
Neoliberalism
Sociology, Urban
Urban economics
Urbanization -- Social aspects
Verstädterung
Stadtsoziologie
Soziale Ungleichheit
Stadtökonomie
Neoliberalismus
Form Electronic book
Author Miraftab, Faranak, editor.
Wilson, David, editor
Salo, Ken, editor
ISBN 9781134521036
1134521030
9781315887593
1315887592
9781134521173
1134521170
9781134521104
1134521103