Between Realism and Revolt

Governing Cities in the Crisis of Neoliberal Globalism

Davies, Jonathan

• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9781529210941
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Economic Policy
• Index: Economics

Leading governance theorist Jonathan S. Davies develops a rich comparative analysis of austerity governance and resistance in eight cities, to establish a conjunctural perspective on the rolling crises of neoliberal globalism. Drawing on a major international study of eight cities, Davies employs Gramscian regime analysis to consider the consolidation, weakening and transformation of urban governance regimes through the age of austerity. He explores how urban governance shapes variations in austere neoliberalism, tackling themes including collaboration, dominance, resistance and counter-hegemony. The book is a significant addition to thinking about how the era of austerity politics influences urban governance today, and the potential for alternative urban futures.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Tables
• Contributing Investigators
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 Studying Urban Political (Dis)Orders
• 2 Dynamics of Crisis, Neoliberalisation and Austerity
• 3 Austerity and State Rescaling
• 4 Consolidating Neoliberal Austerity Regimes
• 5 Regime Divergence and the Limits of Austere Neoliberalism
• 6 Resisting Austerity: Resonant Solidarities and Small Wins
• 7 The ‘Activity of Ruling Groups’: Containment, De-mobilisation and Fragmentation
• 8 Reading the Conjuncture: (Dis)Ordering Dynamics in the Crises of Neoliberal Globalism
• Afterword: Into the Pandemic
• Notes
• References
• Index