Urban Renewal in the USA: A Neoliberal Policy?

Thomas Kirszbaum (1)

1 ISP - Institut des Sciences sociales du Politique

By allowing demolitions and evictions in well-located working-class neighborhoods, urban renewal is sometimes described as a neoliberal policy, favorable to land and property investors. But this interpretation, founded on the trauma of postwar urban policies, only tells part of the story when it comes to understanding contemporary urban renewal in the United States.

Domaines: Sociologie

Thomas Kirszbaum. Urban Renewal in the USA: A Neoliberal Policy?. Métropolitiques, 2019. ⟨hal-02126338⟩