Pasotti Resisting Redevelopment

Protest in Aspiring Global Cities
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-80642-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics

The politics of urban development is one of the most enduring, central themes of urban politics. In Resisting Redevelopment, Eleonora Pasotti explores the forces that enable residents of 'aspiring global cities,' or economically competitive cities, to mobilize against gentrification and other forms of displacement, as well as what makes mobilizations successful. Scholars and activists alike will benefit from this one-of-a-kind comparative study. Impressive in its scope, this book examines twenty-nine protest campaigns over a decade in ten major cities across five continents, from Santiago to Seoul to Los Angeles. Pasotti sheds light on an approach that is both understudied and remarkably effective - the practice of successful organizers deploying 'experiential tools,' or events, social archives, neighborhood tours, and performances designed to attract participants and transform the protest site into the place to be. With this book, Pasotti promises to provide a creative and novel contribution to the literature of contentious politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pasotti, Eleonora

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Setting the Comparison: 1. Introduction; 2. Explaining protest against urban redevelopment; 3. Research design and overview of results; 4. Aspiring global cities; Part II. Explaining Mobilization: 5. Experiential tools and networks; 6. Squatting, experiential tools, and protest legacies; 7. Judicial resistance, experiential tools, and protest legacies; 8. Protest with high union support: Buenos Aires; Part III. Explaining Impact: 9. Council allies and partisan alignments; 10. Shaping redevelopment in public housing estates; 11. Militancy with a twist: fighting art to deter displacement in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles; 12. Conclusion; Appendix 1. Qualitative comparative analysis; Appendix 2. Partisan alignments; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Pasotti, Eleonora
Eleonora Pasotti is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the author of Political Branding in Cities, (Cambridge, 2009).