Routledge Handbook on Spaces of Urban Politics

Kevin Ward is Professor of Human Geography in the School of Environment, Education and Development and Director of the Manchester Urban Institute (www.mui.manchester.ac.uk) at the University of Manchester, UK. Andrew E. G. Jonas is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Hull, UK. Byron Miller is Professor and the Coordinator of the Urban Studies Interdisciplinary Program, University of Calgary, Canada. David Wilson is Professor of Geography, Urban Planning, and the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

• Introduction Part I Approaching the space(s) of urban politics Part II Spaces of Economic Development Part III Spaces of the Environment and Nature Part IV Spaces of Governing and Planning Part V Spaces of Labour Part VI Spaces of Living Part VII Spaces of Circulation Part VIII Spaces of Identity Part IX Spaces of Utopia and Dystopia Index

"The Routledge Handbook on Spaces of Urban Politics is a state-of-the-art guide to the diverse and dynamic worlds of urban politics—from environmental activism to local labor organizing, from growth elites to community gardeners, from austerity to utopia. Featuring new voices in urban studies alongside established scholars, this fine collection goes beyond a conventional tour d’horizon to open up new horizons for the field." - Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia, Canada"The editors of the Handbook on Spaces of Urban Politics have done a magnificent job: A stellar cast of authors, a global perspective, relevant thematic choices, topical case studies, and animated writing make this Handbook an indispensible companion to students of local and urban politics everywhere." - Roger Keil, York Chair in Global Sub/Urban Studies, York University, Canada "This Handbook’s carefully crafted collection of essays reviews and appraises the panoply of conceptual and theoretical approaches to urban politics as an inter-disciplinary field, and it provides a vivid portrayal of how ‘the (urban) political’ itself is evolving. It will be a key reference point for students and researchers seeking to comprehend continuity and change in the (urban) political, as it is shaped across places, spaces and scales, and through shifting constellations of actors, interests, issues, strategies and practices." - Professor Pauline McGuirk, Head of Research, School of Geography and Sustainable Communities, The University of Wollongong, Australia