Neoliberalism on the ground : architecture & transformation from the 1960s to the present /

"Architecture and urbanism have contributed to one of the most sweeping transformations of our times. Over the past four decades, neoliberalism has not only been a dominant paradigm in politics, but a process of bricks and mortar in everyday life. Rather than to ask what a neoliberal architectu...

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Group Author: Cupers, Kenny; Gabrielsson, Catharina; Mattsson, Helena, 1965-
Published: University of Pittsburgh Press,
Publisher Address: Pittsburgh, PA :
Publication Dates: [2020]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Culture, politics, and the built environment
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Summary: "Architecture and urbanism have contributed to one of the most sweeping transformations of our times. Over the past four decades, neoliberalism has not only been a dominant paradigm in politics, but a process of bricks and mortar in everyday life. Rather than to ask what a neoliberal architecture looks like, or how architecture represents neoliberalism, this volume examines the multivalent role of architecture and urbanism in geographically variable yet interconnected processes of neoliberal transformation across scales-from China, Turkey, South Africa, Argentina, Mexico, the US, Britain, Sweden, and Czechoslovakia. Analyzing how buildings and urban projects in different regions since the 1960s have served in the implementation of concrete policies such as privatization, fiscal reform, deregulation, state restructuring, and the expansion of free trade, contributors reveal neoliberalism as a process marked by historical contingency. Neoliberalism on the Ground fundamentally reframes accepted narratives of both neoliberalism and postmodernism by demonstrating how architecture has articulated changing relationships between state, society, and economy since the 1960s"--
Carrier Form: vii, 439 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780822946014
0822946017
Index Number: NA2543
CLC: TU984-05
TU-05
Call Number: TU-05/N438-1