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Category Archives: Urban politics
Neil Brenner | New Urban Spaces
New Urban Spaces: Urban Theory and the Scale Question, el nuevo libro de Neil Brenner, está disponible desde hace unas semanas en Oxford University Press. Se trata de un extenso desarrollo y reelaboración de textos que cubren el trabajo del … Continue reading
Posted in Economía urbana, Espacio y política, Espacios Críticos, Espais Crítics, Estudios urbanos / Urban Studies, Geografía crítica, Marxism, Materialismo histórico-geográfico, Neil Brenner, Neoliberalismo, Planetary urbanization, Political economy, Politics and space, Sociología urbana, Teoría urbana, Urban politics, Urban studies, Urban Theory Lab, Urbanización
Tagged Economía política, Escala, Neil Brenner, Neoliberalism, Neoliberalization, New State Spaces, New Urban Spaces, Planetary Urbanization, Políticas escalares, Reescalamiento, Urban political economy, Urban Theory Lab, Urbanización planetaria, Urbanization
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‘Martin Wagner in America’ | Out in Planning Perspectives
The final version of my article ‘Martin Wagner in America: planning and the political economy of capitalist urbanization’ has been published in Planning Perspectives (this alternative link provides temporary free access to the full paper). This is part of the … Continue reading
Posted in Architectural design, Architecture, Martin Wagner, Planning history, Political economy, Political urbanism, Politics, Space and politics, Urban design, Urban politics, Urban studies
Tagged Architecture, Berlin, Capitalism, Exile, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Martin Wagner, Planning, Planning history, Planning perspectives, Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social housing, Social policy, SPD, Trade unions, Urban design, Urban renewal, Urban sprawl, Urbanization, USA, Weimar Republic, Welfare state
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Landscape struggles, environmental hegemonies and the politics of urban design
In a previous post I announced the publication of a new article about Central Park in Environment and Planning D, this time focusing on the governmental and strategic role of the park’s schemein the context of local struggles to consolidate … Continue reading
Posted in Central Park, Commons, Espacio social, Landscape architecture, Landscape theory, Mis publicaciones, My research, Planning history, Political economy, Political urbanism, Politics, Sin categoría, Space and politics, Urban design, Urban politics, Urban studies
Tagged Antonio Gramsci, Article, Central Park, Design politics, Environment, Environmental hegemony, Hegemony, Landscape design, Michel Foucault, Parks, Planning, Planning history, Society and Space, Urban design
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Neil Brenner: Teoría urbana crítica y políticas de escala
Acaba de publicarse Neil Brenner: Teoría urbana crítica y políticas de escala, volumen 9 de la colección Espacios Críticos de Icaria que hemos dedicado a nuestro colega y amigo del Urban Theory Lab. Como el resto de entregas en la … Continue reading
Posted in Conflicto urbano, Derecho a la ciudad, Espacio y política, Espacios Críticos, Espais Crítics, Estudios urbanos / Urban Studies, Geografía crítica, Investigación urbanística, Marxismo, Mis publicaciones, Neil Brenner, Neoliberalismo, Planetary urbanization, Planificación urbana y territorial, Political economy, Politics, Politics and space, Sociología urbana, Space and politics, Teoría urbana, Urban politics, Urban studies, Urban Theory Lab, Urbanismo crítico
Tagged Entrevista, Espacios críticos, Globalización, Gobernanza, Icaria, Neil Brenner, Neoliberalismo, Neoliberalización, Políticas de escala, Teoría urbana crítica, Traducción, Urbanización neoliberal, Urbanización planetaria
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Martin Wagner and the politics of capitalist urbanization
It’s been almost a month since I arrived in Cambridge to conduct a research on the work of Martin Wagner at Harvard during his appointment as a professor at the Graduate School of Design. Wagner —an engineer and planner, head … Continue reading
Posted in Arquitectura y crítica, Comunes, David Harvey, Espacio social, Espacio y política, Martin Wagner, Neil Brenner, Sin categoría, Urban politics, Urban Theory Lab, Urbanismo crítico
Tagged Architecture and Politics, Commons, Gentrification, Graduate School of Design, GSD, Harvard University, Martin Wagner, Modern architecture, Modern urbanism, Modernism, Neoliberal urbanism, Planning, Political economy, Politics, Walter Gropius, Weimar Republic
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Lessons from London’s South Bank
Sonia Freire-Trigo, a former student of mine now at UCL, is co-author of the article ‘The New Localism, Anti-Political Development Machines, and the Role of Planning Consultants: Lessons from London’s South Bank’, published in Territory, Politics, Governance. The piece explores … Continue reading
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