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URBAN AND RURAL STUDIESNeoliberal Urban Policy and theTransformation of the CityReshaping DublinEdited by Andrew MacLaran, Trinity College Dublin,Ireland, Sinéad Kelly, National University of Ireland,IrelandThis book reviews the character and impacts of'actually-existing' neoliberalism in Ireland. It examinesthe property-development boom and its legacy, theimpacts of neoliberal urban policy in reshaping the city,public resistance to the new urban policy and highlightssalient points to be drawn from the Irish experience ofneoliberalism.Contents: PART I: SETTING THE CONTEXT * PART II: THEPROPERTY BOOM AND ITS LEGACY * PART III: RESHAPINGURBAN POLICY AND RESHAPING THE CITY * PART IV:CONSIDERATIONS AND CONCLUSIONSJuly 2014 UKJuly 2014 US304 pp 13 b/w tables, 10 figuresHardback £65.00 / $105.00 / CN$115.00 9781137377043Canadian Rightsebooks availableThe New Urban QuestionAndy Merrifield, Murray Edwards College, UKGoing beyond the work of earlier urban theoristssuch as Manuel Castells, Merrifield identifies the newurban question that has emerged and demands urgentattention, as the city becomes a site of active plunder bycapital and the setting for new forms of urban struggle,from Occupy to the Indignados.Contents: Preface: Neo-Haussmannization and Its Discontents* 1. Whither Urban Studies? * 2. Old Urban Questions Revisited(and Reconstituted) * 3. Cities Under Tension * 4. StrategicEmbellishment and Urban Civil War * 5. Sentimental UrbanEducation * 6. Urban Jacobinism * 7. Old Discourse on NewInequality * 8. Every Revolution has Its Agora * 9. Taking BackUrban Politics * 10. Whose City? The Parasites’, of course..> *Afterword: The Parasitic Mode of Urbanization * Notes * IndexMarch 2014 US176 ppHardback $80.00 9780745334844Paperback $25.00 9780745334837Published by Pluto PressPort Cities and Global LegaciesUrban Identity, Waterfront Work, and RadicalismAlice Mah, University of Warwick, UK"What becomes of once-preeminent world harbors when a new global agerelegates them to the minor leagues of seaports? In this rich and imaginativejoining of Liverpool, Marseille, and New Orleans, two mere shadows of theirformer glories, a third a troubled giant, Alice Mah ranges across waterfrontdevelopments, museum projects, crime stories, and traditions of radical actionto capture their quest for a return to greatness amidst the need to confront aconflicted past and a dubious future." - Michael B. Miller, Professor of History,University of Miami, USAPort cities have distinctive global dynamics, with long histories of casual labour,large migrant communities, and international trade networks. This in-depthcomparative study examines contradictory global legacies across themes ofurban identity, waterfront work and radicalism in key post-industrial port citiesworldwide.Contents: 1. Introduction * PART I: URBAN IDENTITY * 2. Out of the Blue, Into the Black:Representing, Imagining, and Researching Port Cities * 3. Reconstructing Port Identities: TheUrban Politics of Waterfront Development * 4. From Ports of Empire to Capitals of Culture:Museums of Slavery and Colonial History * PART II: WATERFRONT WORK * 5. IntergenerationalLessons from the Liverpool Dockers’ Strike: Rebuilding Solidarity in the Port * 6. PrecariousReforms and the Legacy of Struggle: The Dockers of Marseilles-Fos * 7. Ruination and Recovery:Keeping the Longshoremen’s History in Post-Katrina New Orleans * PART III: RADICALISM * 8.Radicalism on the Waterfront: Imagining Alternative Futures in Liverpool, Marseille, and NewOrleans * 9. ConclusionSeptember 2014 UKSeptember 2014 US240 pp 14 b/w photosHardback £65.00 / $105.00 / CN$115.00 9781137283139Canadian Rightsebooks availableThe Politics of HousingPower, Consumers and Urban CulturePeter Shapely, University of Wales, UKExploring the politics of housing during 1890–1990, this fascinating study examinesthe interaction not only of national and local politics but also of local factors suchas civic culture, key local players, local discourse and geographical and demographicproblems.Contents: Preface * Acknowledgements * Introduction * PART I: THE NATIONAL FRAMEWORK* 1. Government, Local Authorities and Housing, 1919-87 * 2. National Interpretations * PARTII: THE RISE OF MUNICIPAL HOUSING * 3. Civic Culture, Voluntarism and Council Intervention* 4. Slum Houses, Slum Dwellers and Slum Clearance * 5. The Post-War Housing Problem andthe Great Overspill Drive * PART III: THE DECLINE OF MUNICIPAL LEGITIMACY: INNTER CITYDEVELOPMENTS AND TENANTS REACTIONS, 1962-92 * 6. New Slums and The Rising Tide ofTenant Anger * 7. New Slums, New Left and New Partnerships * Conclusion: Consumers, Locality,and Discourse * Bibliography * IndexJune 2014 US240 pp 1 b&w tablePaperback $30.95 9780719095368Published by Manchester University PressClick on the regional link to view more product information or to buy.73