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Contested Markets, Contested Cities

Gentrification and Urban Justice in Retail Spaces. Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City

Edited by Sara Gonzalez
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Published: 11th Dec 2017
Dimensions: w 162mm h 240mm d 16mm
Weight: 460g
ISBN-10: 1138217484
ISBN-13: 9781138217485
Barcode No: 9781138217485
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Synopsis
Markets are at the origin of urban life as places for social, cultural and economic encounter evolving over centuries. Today, they have a particular value as mostly independent, non-corporate and often informal work spaces serving millions of the most vulnerable communities across the world. At the same time, markets have become fashionable destinations for 'foodies' and middle class consumers and tourists looking for authenticity and heritage. The confluence of these potentially contradictory actors and their interests turns markets into "contested spaces". Contested Markets, Contested Cities provides an analytical and multidisciplinary framework within which specific markets from Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Quito, Sofia, Madrid, London and Leeds (UK) are explored. This pioneering and highly original work examines public markets from a perspective of contestation looking at their role in processes of gentrification but also in political mobilisation and urban justice.

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"The volume encourages us to expand our studies of gentrification beyond the residential
to investigate the relationship between transformations in retail spaces and access to public and urban life. The different cases presented in the book draw on three overlapping analytical
frameworks to present and analyze markets in different cities. Contested Markets,
Contested Cities, edited by Sara Gonzalez, [examines] the different
roles played by markets, and their contradictions, from the perspectives of gentrification and the
right to the city." - Liz Mason-Deese, Independent Researcher, Antipode Foundation