Neoliberalism
Define neoliberalism?
The idea that cities are more "shaped more by the logic of the market, rather than the needs of its inhabitants", which means that cities favor privatization, free movement of capital, limited government intervention in the economy and society, etc.
Cities become like a business
Define "The Right to the City"
The idea that not every urban resident should be able to make an equal claim to the city by having an equal set of rights including, affordable housing and
basic services, sustainable livelihoods, health and education, mobility and participation in decisions that affect people’s lives etc.
BUT is based on the fact that not all urban residents experience cities in the same way, many face disparities and inequities
What is the basic idea of this article?
Capital cities are crucial sites in the
production of authoritarian dominance and the politics of maintaining it, as well as sites of popular resistance
When is the first paper due?
This Sunday night!
What is the relationship between urban citizenship and neoliberalism as it is referred to in the reading?
The idea that neoliberalism is stripping down the core of urban citizenship?
Define the idea of "Right to the Streets"
has made public spaces such as streets a prime locale of livelihood — to do business and even live — to share information, it is challenging the prerogative of modern states to control the public space.
What are the two modalities of urban control as explained in the article, and give examples
interventions that are generative by design (their primary intention is to create some new form of support); and those that are repressive by design (their primary aim is to destroy or inhibit some form of opposition)
Who is the current Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development?
Scott Turner
How does neoliberalism affect those at different economic wealth levels?
Lower class: fighting for capital, make their own
Middle class: reap the benefits, but chasing for more
Upper/Wealthy class: have full control, can do what they please
Name an example of citizens taking back and/or resisting "the Right to the City" in the article?
Quiet Encroachment, vendors operating despite bans
How is violence explained throughout this article?
"Violence and power are opposites', and ‘violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its
own course it ends in power’s disappearance.’
How many cities in the U.S. have rail-based public transportation?
30-40
**Double points if you can name how many capital cities have rail-based public transportation: 6
Explain how neoliberalism contributes to gentrification?
Community neighborhoods become infiltrated with private capital
"In the words of John Friedmann (2002), many cities are designed and managed according to the needs of only ___ percent of their population and deliberately
ignore the rest"
15
What is considered to be the biggest city in the United States without a public bus system?
Arlington, Texas