Promises of the Political: Insurgent Cities in a Post-Political Environment

by Erik Swyngedouw

Book Overview

The possibility of a new emancipatory and democratizing politics, explored through the lens of recent urban insurgencies.

In Promises of the Political, Erik Swyngedouw explores whether progressive and emancipatory politics is still possible in a post-political era. Activists and scholars have developed the concept of post-politicization to describe the process by which "the political" is replaced by techno-managerial governance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262535653
• ISBN13: 9780262535656
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher