{"product_id":"the-new-urban-question-andy-merrifield-9780745334844","title":"The New Urban Question","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Urban Question\u003c\/i\u003e is an exuberant and illuminating adventure through our current global urban condition, tracing the connections between radical urban theory and political activism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Haussmann's attempts to use urban planning to rid 19th-century Paris of workers revolution to the contemporary metropolis, including urban disaster-zones such as downtown Detroit, Merrifield reveals how the urban experience has been profoundly shaped by class antagonism and been the battle-ground for conspiracies, revolts and social eruptions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGoing beyond the work of earlier urban theorists such as Manuel Castells, Merrifield identifies the new urban question that has emerged and demands urgent attention, as the city becomes a site of active plunder by capital and the setting for new forms of urban struggle, from Occupy to the Indignados. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andy Merrifield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745334849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745334844\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Andy Merrifield","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086791717119,"sku":"9780745334844","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f733829-186c-4be1-a450-4b8a89e5b2f3.jpg?v=1769096603","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-new-urban-question-andy-merrifield-9780745334844","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}