This paper discusses the urban injustices of New Labour's “new urban renewal”, that is the
state‐led gentrification of British council estates, undertaken through the guise of mixed …

Cities breed contention. Social movements usually express themselves in cities, but cities
have nevertheless been seen merely as a backdrop, as the empty canvas on which social …

Has the post-war managerial approach to urban governance in the Netherlands and
Flanders been replaced by more entrepreneurial and financialized forms? In this paper, we …

Drawing on the figurational sociology of N orbert E lias and the Foucauldian governmentality
approach, this article outlines the political rationalities and governmental technologies …

This article offers insight into the role of the state in land financialisation through a reading of
urban hegemony. This offers the basis for a conjunctural analysis of the politics of planning …

Attempts to explain the electoral and economic success of the Justice and Development
Party (AKP) in Turkey usually refer to its integration of neoliberalism and a 'protestant …

This chapter investigates what makes cities resourceful for arriving migration flows. It is
argued that the logic of socio-spatial specialization in cities, as first described by urban …

Gentrification has become part and parcel of urban policies throughout the world. Critics
have argued against those policies but they have not yet developed concrete and …

Notwithstanding major evolutions in both class identity and broader structural processes,
generically defined “middle classes” are still a target for both investors seeking effective …

The COVID-19 pandemic and its multiple lockdowns disrupted city life, while restrictions on
physical distancing and urban activities highlighted the importance of our living environment …