Monstrous Politics: Geography, Rights, and the Urban Revolution in Mexico City
Ben Gerlofs, "Monstrous Politics: Geography, Rights, and the Urban Revolution in Mexico City "
English | ISBN: 0826504787 | 2023 | 276 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 0826504787 | 2023 | 276 pages | PDF | 3 MB
The birth of the world’s great megacities is the surest and starkest harbinger of the “urban age” inaugurated in the twentieth century. As the world’s urban population achieves majority for the first time in recorded history, theories proliferate on the nature of urban politics, including the shape and quality of urban democracy, the role of urban social and political movements, and the prospects for progressive and emancipatory change from the corridors of powerful states to the routinized rhythms of everyday life. At stake are both the ways in which the rapidly changing urban world is understood and the urban futures being negotiated by the governments and populations struggling to contend with these changes and forge a place in contemporary cities.
Transdisciplinary by design,
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