Urban Warfare

Housing under the Empire of Finance

Raquel Rolnik, Gabriel Hirschhorn, David Harvey

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English

Verso Books
06 May 2019

Urban economics; Property & real estate; Urban & municipal planning

In Urban Warfare, Rolnik charts how the financialisation of housing has become a global crisis, as models of home ownership, originating in the US and UK, are being exported around the world.

These developments were largely organised by htosw who benefit the most: construction companies and banks, supported by government-facilitated schemes, such as 'the right to buy', subsidies, and micro-financing.

Using examples ranging from Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Chile, Israel, Haiti, the UK and especially Brazil, Rolnik shows how our homes and neighbourhoods have effectively become the “last subprime frontiers of capitalism”. This neoliberal colonialism is experienced on the scale of the city but also within our everyday lives. Yet since the financial crisis and wider urban politics that have left millions homeless, forced from their homes because of urban development politics, and mega-events such as the Rio World Cup in 2013. These narratives are weaved together with theoretical reflections and empirical evidence to explain the crisis in depth.

In response, Rolnik restates the political need for activism and resistance. Examining in detail the June Days protests in Rio, 2013-14, she shows that housing remains an essential, and global, struggle.

By: Raquel Rolnik
Introduction by: David Harvey
Translated by: Gabriel Hirschhorn
Imprint: Verso Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 577g
ISBN: 9781788731607
ISBN 10: 1788731603
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 06 May 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Raquel Rolnik is an architect and urban planner, working on housing and urban policies. She was Director of the Planning Department of the city of São Paulo (1989-1992),National Secretary for Urban Programs of the Brazilian Ministry of Cities (2003-2007) and Urban Policy Coordinator of the Polis Institute (1997-2002). In 2008,she was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing and visited the UK, causing some controversy, and other countries. She is also a professor in the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Studies at the University of São Paulo.

Reviews for Urban Warfare: Housing under the Empire of Finance

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