Urban Austerity (eBook)

Sebastian Schipper is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department for Human Geography, Goethe-University Frankfurt. His research interests include neoliberalization processes, the political economy of housing and gentrification, urban social movements, and critical urban studies in general. Email: s.schipper@geo.uni-frankfurt.de

Introduction

Impacts of the Global Financial Crisis on Cities in Europe
An Introduction to Urban Austerity von Barbara Schönig und Sebastian Schipper / Seite 7


Urban governance in times of austerity

Financializing the Entrepreneurial City von Jamie Peck und Heather Whiteside / Seite 21
The (Post)politics of Fiscal Retrenchment Managing Cities and People in a Context of Austerity Urbanism von Joe Penny / Seite 40
Social Impact Bonds: A "Social Neoliberal" Response to the Crisis? von Robert Ogman / Seite 58
Urban Politics towards a New Paradigm? Reflections on the Crisis-driven Regulatory Reforms in Greece von Thanos Andritsos und Dimitris Poulios / Seite 70


Urban infrastructure and public services Extracting Value from the Public City

Urban Strategies and the State-market Mix in the Disposal of Municipal Assets
von Elena Besussi / Seite 89
Who governs? Struggles over Public-landed Property Policy in Berlin under (a not so new) Austerity Regime von Katja Thiele / Seite 103
Value Capture as a Tool to Finance Urban Transportation Infrastructure in the Era of Crisis von Anastasia Roukouni und Basil Stefanis/ Seite 117
From Austerity to Self-organization - The Changing Landscape of Social Services and Infrastructures in Rome von Daniela Patti und Levente Polyak / Seite 128

Housing crisis

Changes in Housing and Property under the Austerity Regime in Greece Challenges for Movements and the Left von Dimitra Siatitsa / Seite 145
A New Socio-spatial Order in Crisis-stricken Greece - The Housing Crisis and the (In)visibility of the New Marginals von Matina Kapsali und Maria Karagianni/ Seite 161
Financialization of Rental Mass Housing in Germany - Understanding the Transaction Cycles in the Mass Rental Housing Sector 1999–2015 von Knut Unger / Seite 176
Moving to Berlin from the European South - Post-crisis Mobility Patterns and Uneven Development in the EU von Stefania Animento / Seite 176
Geographic Analysis of Evictions in Spain von Ícaro Obeso Muñiz / Seite 207


Urban conflicts and contestations

Urban Social Movements in Times of Austerity Politics von Margit Mayer / Seite 219
Crisis and the City: Producing Space on Both Sides of the Barricade in Athens' City Center von Daniel Mullis / Seite 242
Tales of Crisis from the Walls of Athens - An Exploration of Urban Austerity through the Cultural Practice of Street Art von Julia Tulke / Seite 257
Shades of (In)justice - The Right to the City and the Right to the Housing in Sant'Elia, Cagliari von Silvia Aru und Matteo Puttilli/ Seite 271


Appendix

Short bios of all authors / Seite 287
Imprint / Seite 294