Neoliberal Urbanism, Contested Cities and Housing in Asia

Yi-Ling Chen is Associate Professor in International Studies and Geography at the University of Wyoming, USA. Her research examines the interaction of urban planning and social change, focusing on urban social movements, particularly those concerning housing access. Her published works are on housing, gender, urban movements, identity politics and regional development in Taiwan. She recently expanded her research to compare East Asian cities, Amsterdam, and Denver in their implementations of social housing. Hyun Bang Shin is Professor of Geography and Urban Studies and the Director of Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Between 2017 and 2019, he is also Eminent Scholar at Kyung Hee University, South Korea. His research focuses on the critical analysis of the political economic dynamics of speculative urbanization, the politics of displacement, gentrification, mega-events, and the right to the city, with particular attention to Asian cities.

• Centering Housing Questions in Asian Cities.- ‘Re-occupying the State’: Social Housing Movement and the Transformation of Housing Policies in Taiwan.- Displacement by Neoliberalism: Addressing the Housing Crisis of Hong Kong in the Restructuring Pearl River Delta Region.- When Neoliberalization meets Clientelism:  Housing Policies for Low- and Middle-Income Housing in Bangkok.- Neoliberal Urbanism Meets Socialist Modernism:  Vietnam’s Post Reform Housing Policies and the New Urban Zones of Hanoi.- Beyond Property Rights and Displacement: China’s Neoliberal Transformation and Housing Inequalities.- Development and Inequality in Urban China: The Privatization of Homeownership and the Transformation of Everyday Practice.- Weaving the Common in the Financialized City: A Case of Urban Cohousing Experience in South Korea.- Contesting Property Hegemony in Asian Cities.

“This book is an important milestone in the establishment of new urban and housing theories from Asia. Therefore, I proudly recommend this book for the must-read list of urban housing scholars.” (Tomoko Kubo, International Journal of Housing Policy, October 11, 2019)