Accumulation by dispossession : transformative cities in the new global order /Swapna Banerjee

By: Swapna BanerjeeContributor(s): Swapna BanerjeeMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : SAGE , 2010Description: x, 235 pages ;24 cmISBN: 9788132103134Subject(s): Social SciencesGenre/Form: Sociology, UrbanDDC classification: 307.76 BAN
Contents:
Introduction : transformative cities in the new global order / Swapna Banerjee-Guha -- The right to the city : from capital surplus to accumulation by dispossession / David Harvey -- The global city : strategic site, new frontier / Saskia Sassen -- Global capital, neoliberal politics and terrains of resistance in Vienna / Heinz Nissel -- Globalisation and transformation of Dhaka City / Nazrul Islam and Salma A. Shafi -- Manufacturing neoliberalism : lifestyling Indian urbanity / Solomon Benjamin -- Hi-tech Hyderabad and the urban poor : reformed out of the system / Umesh Varma Pakalapati -- Reconfiguring power relationships : policies towards urban services in Mumbai / Marie-Hélène Zérah -- Urban transport projects in a globalised scenario / Darryl D'Monte -- Urban public space and the urban poor / Sharit K. Bhowmik -- Revisiting accumulation by dispossession : neoliberlising Mumbai / Swapna Banerjee-Guha.
Summary: The contemporary regime of globalisation and neoliberalism is creating a far-reaching impact on different scales across the world. On the urban scale it has resulted in a huge transformation of the city space, land use and reorganisation of the urban governance. This book is a provocative examination of the contemporary urban scenario in several countries, offering South Asian, North American and European perspectives. Written by some of the most eminent theorists and social scientists of our time, the chapters cover critical empirical analyses of the contemporary transformation processes
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Introduction : transformative cities in the new global order / Swapna Banerjee-Guha --
The right to the city : from capital surplus to accumulation by dispossession / David Harvey --
The global city : strategic site, new frontier / Saskia Sassen --
Global capital, neoliberal politics and terrains of resistance in Vienna / Heinz Nissel --
Globalisation and transformation of Dhaka City / Nazrul Islam and Salma A. Shafi --
Manufacturing neoliberalism : lifestyling Indian urbanity / Solomon Benjamin --
Hi-tech Hyderabad and the urban poor : reformed out of the system / Umesh Varma Pakalapati --
Reconfiguring power relationships : policies towards urban services in Mumbai / Marie-Hélène Zérah --
Urban transport projects in a globalised scenario / Darryl D'Monte --
Urban public space and the urban poor / Sharit K. Bhowmik --
Revisiting accumulation by dispossession : neoliberlising Mumbai / Swapna Banerjee-Guha.


The contemporary regime of globalisation and neoliberalism is creating a far-reaching impact on different scales across the world. On the urban scale it has resulted in a huge transformation of the city space, land use and reorganisation of the urban governance. This book is a provocative examination of the contemporary urban scenario in several countries, offering South Asian, North American and European perspectives. Written by some of the most eminent theorists and social scientists of our time, the chapters cover critical empirical analyses of the contemporary transformation processes

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