New forms of urbanization are unfolding around the world that challenge inherited
conceptions of the urban as a fixed, bounded and universally generalizable settlement type …

The urban condition is today being radically transformed. Urban restructuring is
accelerating, new urban spaces are being consolidated, and new forms of urbanization are …

The urban century manifests itself at the peripheries. While the massive wave of present
urbanization is often referred to as an'urban revolution', most of this startling urban growth …

PREFACE and representation has only just begun. Christian Schmid and I are continuing
our work in elaborating and applying our own theory of extended urbanization, both in our …

To historicize food sovereignty is not simply to recognize its multiple forms and
circumstances across time and space, but also to recognize its relation to the politics of …

Karl Polanyi's concept of the 'double movement'refers to a reciprocal dialectic between
market forces and social protections for citizens. It concerns ongoing struggle against …

The concept of urban transformations has gathered interest among scholars and
policymakers calling for radical change towards sustainability. The discourse represents an …

What defines the urban? And can the non‐urban necessarily always be classified as rural?
Neil Brenner, Director of the Urban Theory Lab at Harvard University Graduate School of …

Food sovereignty, as a counter-movement to the food regime, includes a range of struggles,
and is evidently quite elastic as a discourse and practice. Because the food regime itself is …

This paper discusses how critical urban theory can understand spatial justice in the context
of a planetary stage of capitalist urbanization. Empirically, it focuses on urban growth …