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Unlocking the mind-trap: Politicising urban theory and practice.
- Source :
- Urban Studies (Sage Publications, Ltd.); Jan2017, Vol. 54 Issue 1, p55-61, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- This contribution offers a critical engagement with the Critical Commentary paper of Beveridge and Koch (2017) entitled 'The postpolitical trap? Reflections on politics, agency and the city'. I argue that post-politicisation as a particular form of de-politicisation does not imply the disappearance of politics. On the contrary, it involves the re-ordering of the modalities of politics (contentious or otherwise) and of the possibilities of the political with far-reaching consequences for the modalities of egalitarian and emancipatory urban change. I explore the key contours of the post-politicisation argument and develop the thesis that 'the political' can never be foreclosed fully. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00420980
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Urban Studies (Sage Publications, Ltd.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 120298272
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098016671475