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Könyv The Precarious City Johannes Kiener

The Precarious City

Social Change and Capital Reinvestment in Osaka's Shadow of Gentrification.DE

Szerző: Johannes Kiener
Nyelv: Angol
Kötés: Kemény kötésű
Kiadó: Springer, Berlin
Elérhetőség: Könyvújdonság
Küldés 11. 12. 2026
36 370 Ft
While global urban discourse remains dominated by the spectacular, high-rise gentrification of centr...

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Szerző
Johannes Kiener
Nyelv
Angol
Kötés
Könyv - Kemény kötésű
Kiadva
2026
oldal
160
EAN
9783032317353
Enbook ID
52767420
Kiadó
Springer, Berlin
Méretek
155 x 235

Teljes leírás

While global urban discourse remains dominated by the spectacular, high-rise gentrification of central city areas, this book aims to deepen our understanding of the quiet, mundane redevelopments that transform the inner-city neighborhoods of the Global East. Exploring this "shadow of gentrification," it provides a rich empirical analysis of Osaka, Japan a primary example of emerging neoliberalism playing out across an inner-city shaped by the developmental state. Despite departing from conventional gentrification, the analysis focuses on social change and capital reinvestment. Through evidence from extensive field research and interviews, it traces three distinct trajectories of neighborhood change: retro renovation driven by small businesses in Nakazaki; art-led renovation facilitated by a local landlord in Kitakagaya; and welfare-led renovation triggered by livelihood protection amendments in Northwest Nishinari. The analysis reveals a nascent precarious city, in which the working class is replaced by populations marked by precarity and fragmentation, standing outside the societal project of the developmental state. Ultimately, this book argues for embracing the trajectories of neighborhood change in the Global East, while treating gentrification as a conceptual vanishing point to guide analyses that sometimes lead into the spotlight, and sometimes into the shadow of gentrification.