The New Urban Question

The New Urban Question

<P><I>The New Urban Question</I> is an exuberant and illuminating adventure through our current global urban condition, tracing the connections between radical urban theory and political activism.<BR><BR>From Haussmann’s attempts to use urban planning to rid 19th-century Paris of workers revolution to the contemporary metropolis, including urban disaster-zones such as downtown Detroit, Merrifield reveals how the urban experience has been profoundly shaped by class antagonism and been the battle-ground for conspiracies, revolts and social eruptions.<br><BR>Going beyond the work of earlier urban theorists such as Manuel Castells, Merrifield identifies the new urban question that has emerged and demands urgent attention, as the city becomes a site of active plunder by capital and the setting for new forms of urban struggle, from Occupy to the Indignados.<div></div></P>