Democracy and Justice in the neo-liberal city Flashcards
Rawls, 1971
Percieved loss of well-being achieved during the expansive stage of post-war Capitalism. Rawls presupposes the existence of an ‘original position’ preceding with the constitution of society. The recogition of basic freedoms is preliminary to the objective of reducing inequalities of status and wealth.
Rawls, 1971, Social justic
Should be committed to reconciling individual freedom with an equality of opportunities and the reduction of status and economic disparities.
Harvey, 1973
View the dynamics of the capitalist mode of production are central to the production and reproduction of socio-spatial inequalities and, therefore, to the urban politics of social justice.
Lefebvre, 1968
concept of the ‘right to the city’ has shed light on the subjective relational dimension within the dynamics of space production at the urban scale: city dwellers give rise to struggles claiming the right to urban life and the primacy of the ‘use value’ over the ‘exchange value’ or urban spaces.
Levebvre’s view of landlords and manufacturers freely demolishing an obsolete building or closing an unproductive factory
These decisions should have an impact on he lives of the city dwellers that the latter should have a voice in these matters, playing a part in the formulation of planning and policy strategies.
Gentrification
the phenomenon occurring when long-term residents are forced or induced by market mechanisms to relocate, following the demolishing of obsolete housing complexes, follow the subsequent reconstruction of attractive residential lots and the related rise of house prices.
Lees et al, 2008
The relocation of long-term residents is normally followed by the social upgrading of the neighbourhood, with the influx of new inhabitants belonging to the middle-upper classes.
culturalization of urban pubic sphere
A factor behind the expansion of gentrification. More radical and transgressive expressions and then being subsumed within the circuits of capital accumulation.
‘right to stay put’
The triumpg of gentrification has revived neighbourhood based struggle over housing issues. SMs and community organisations resisting evictions and foreclosures in global cities such as New York and London . (Newman and Wyly, 2006).
Patel, 2010
the notion of the ‘right to the city’ acquires renewed relevance as an example of the ‘living politics of the city’ but it also becomes more enigmatic owing to the ongoing processes of deterritorialization.
Castells, 1972
Related the development of SMs in late capitalist societies to the expansion and collective consumption and to the consequent increase in government spending.
Mark Purcell (2003)
/has argued that despite Lefebvre associating a specific force of transformation with the ‘urban revolution’, his reflections have broader relevance with respect to human condition. this means Lefebvre’s right to the city should be applied to a side ranging set of issues.
‘right to dwell’
Point of departure for the buuilding of a ‘substantive’ and ‘absolute’ urban democracy, one in which city dwellers are on matters concerning their living environment. The goal is to be attained by allowing local communities to take part in decision-making processes relating to the transformation of the environment.
Isin, 2000
The sense of affiliation with the urban community appears to be grounded in everyday practices and acts of citizenship, otherwise exposed to the risks of displacement and anomy associated with globalization.
‘urban citizenship’
The sense of affiliation with the urban community deriving from the realm of everyday life - is the fact of bringing together the assertion and the hybridization of group based identities and practices.
