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Urban Warfare

Housing under the Empire of Finance

Housing under the Empire of Finance

Housing under the Empire of Finance

By Raquel Rolnik
Translated by Gabriel Hirschhorn

By Raquel Rolnik
Translated by Gabriel Hirschhorn

By Raquel Rolnik
Translated by Gabriel Hirschhorn

By Raquel Rolnik
Translated by Gabriel Hirschhorn

By Raquel Rolnik
Translated by Gabriel Hirschhorn

By Raquel Rolnik
Translated by Gabriel Hirschhorn

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Mar 26, 2019 | ISBN 9781788731607

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Mar 26, 2019 | ISBN 9781788733007

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    About Urban Warfare

    How finance and politics have caused the global housing crisis

    The most comprehensive survey of the current crisis, Urban Warfare charts how the financial crisis and wider urban politics have left millions homeless and in financial desperation across the world.

    The financialization of housing has become a global catastrophe, leaving millions desperate and homeless. Since the 2008 financial collapse, models of home ownership, originating in the US and UK, are being exported around the world. Using examples from across the globe, Rolnik shows how our cities have been sold to construction companies and banks, while supported by government-facilitated schemes, such as “the right to buy” subsidies and micro-financing. Our homes and neighbourhoods have become the “last subprime frontiers of capitalism,” organised by those who benefit the most.

    About Urban Warfare

    How finance and politics have caused the global housing crisis

    The most comprehensive survey of the current crisis, Urban Warfare charts how the financial crisis and wider urban politics have left millions homeless and in financial desperation across the world.

    The financialization of housing has become a global catastrophe, leaving millions desperate and homeless. Since the 2008 financial collapse, models of home ownership, originating in the US and UK, are being exported around the world. Using examples from across the globe, Rolnik shows how our cities have been sold to construction companies and banks, while supported by government-facilitated schemes, such as “the right to buy” subsidies and micro-financing. Our homes and neighbourhoods have become the “last subprime frontiers of capitalism,” organised by those who benefit the most.

    About Urban Warfare

    How finance and politics have caused the global housing crisis

    The most comprehensive survey of the current crisis, Urban Warfare charts how the financial crisis and wider urban politics have left millions homeless and in financial desperation across the world.

    The financialization of housing has become a global catastrophe, leaving millions desperate and homeless. Since the 2008 financial collapse, models of home ownership, originating in the US and UK, are being exported around the world. Using examples from across the globe, Rolnik shows how our cities have been sold to construction companies and banks, while supported by government-facilitated schemes, such as “the right to buy” subsidies and micro-financing. Our homes and neighbourhoods have become the “last subprime frontiers of capitalism,” organised by those who benefit the most.

    Product Details

    Category: Domestic Politics

    Paperback | $29.95
    Published by Verso
    Mar 26, 2019 | 384 Pages | 6 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9781788731607

    Category: Domestic Politics

    Hardcover | $110.00
    Published by Verso
    Mar 26, 2019 | 384 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9781788733007

    Category: Domestic Politics

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Verso
    Mar 26, 2019 | 384 Pages | ISBN 9781788731614

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    Praise

    “A magisterial survey and analysis of what is fast becoming one of the most compelling global crises of our time.”
    —David Harvey, author of Rebel Cities

    “A truly brilliant book.”
    —rs21

    “The clarity and vehemence of [Urban Warfare] is a tonic for anyone used to the combination of boosterism and sentimentality that marks so much urbanist writing.”
    —Owen Hatherley, Architectural Review

    “At a time when much current academic research on housing and urban studies prioritises the technical and methodological over the conceptual, big data over thick description, the numerous, short vignettes in Rolnik’s book remind us of the effectiveness of a real story to convey a wider message.”
    —International Journal of Housing Policy

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