{"product_id":"the-neoliberal-city-governance-ideology-and-development-in-american-urbanism","title":"The Neoliberal City: Governance  Ideology  and Development in American Urbanism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe shift in the ideological winds toward a \"free-market\" economy has brought profound effects in urban areas. The Neoliberal City presents an overview of the effect of these changes on todays cities. The term \"neoliberalism\" was originally used in reference to a set of practices that first-world institutions like the IMF and World Bank impose on third-world countries and cities. The support of unimpeded trade and individual freedoms and the discouragement of state regulation and social spending are the putative centerpieces of this vision. More and more  though  people have come to recognize that first-world cities are undergoing the same processes. In The Neoliberal City  Jason Hackworth argues that neoliberal policies are in fact having a profound effect on the nature and direction of urbanization in the United States and other wealthy countries  and that much can be learned from studying its effect. He explores the impact that neoliberalism has had on three aspects of urbanization in the United States: governance  urban form  and social movements. The American inner city is seen as a crucial battle zone for the wider neoliberal transition primarily because it embodies neoliberalisms antithesis  Keynesian egalitarian liberalism. Focusing on issues such as gentrification in New York City; public-housing policy in New York  Chicago  and Seattle; downtown redevelopment in Phoenix; and urban-landscape change in New Brunswick  N.J.  Hackworth shows us how material and symbolic changes to institutions  neighborhoods  and entire urban regions can be traced in part to the rise of neoliberalism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984725176373,"sku":"ByrdShop_0801473039","price":44.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780801473036.jpg?v=1770841590","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-neoliberal-city-governance-ideology-and-development-in-american-urbanism","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}