Dialectical Urbanism

by Andy Merrifield

Book Overview

Life in the city can be both liberating and oppressive. The contemporary city is an arena in which new and unexpected personal identities and collective agencies are forged and at the same time the major focus of market forces intent on making all life a commodity. This book explores both sides of the urban experience, developing a perspective from which the contradictory nature of the politics of the city comes more clearly into view.
Dialectical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583670602
• ISBN13: 9781583670606
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A studious and insightful presentation

Dialectical Urbanism: Social Struggle In The Capitalist City by Andy Merrifield (Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, Massachussets), is a scholarly and well reasoned extrapolation of considerable scholarship and erudite political thought. Individual chapters analyze the urbanization of labor, New York's housing crisis, the quality of everyday life in a densely packed metropolis, and much more. A studious and insightful presentation, Dialectical Urbanism is a welcome and highly recommended addition to any Urban Studies, Political Science, and Contemporary Social Issues reference collection or reading list.