Between Realism and Revolt: Governing Cities in the Crisis of Neoliberal Globalism

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Leading governance theorist Jonathan S. Davies develops a rich comparative analysis of austerity governance and resistance in eight cities, to establish a conjunctural perspective on the rolling crises of neoliberal globalism. Drawing on a major international study of eight cities, Davies employs Gramscian regime analysis to consider the consolidation, weakening and transformation of urban governance regimes through the age of austerity. He explores how urban governance shapes variations in austere neoliberalism, tackling themes including collaboration, dominance, resistance and counter-hegemony. The book is a significant addition to thinking about how the era of austerity politics influences urban governance today, and the potential for alternative urban futures.

Jonathan S. Davies is Director of the Centre for Urban Research on Austerity and Professor of Critical Policy Studies, at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.

"Davies' new book is an urgent reminder that austerity is not merely a self-defeating macroeconomic policy but also constitutes a calamity at the local level." Yanis Varoufakis, Secretary General of the European Realistic Disobedience Front (MeRA25) and former Greek Minister of Finance