Precarious Constructions
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A01=Vanessa A. Rosa
Author_Vanessa A. Rosa
Canada
Canadian multiculturalism
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cities
class
communicative planning
diversity
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gentrification
Lawrence Heights
liberal democracy
low-income
mixed-income
multiculturalism
neoliberal multiculturalism
neoliberalism
participation
participatory planning
poverty
public housing
public housing in Canada
public housing redevelopment
race
racism
redevelopment
Regent Park
residential segregation
segregation
surveillance
Toronto
Toronto Community Housing Corporation
urban revitalization
urban revitalization in Toronto
Product details
- ISBN 9781469675756
- Weight: 272g
- Dimensions: 155 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 14 Nov 2023
- Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This sharply argued book posits that urban revitalization—making "better" city living spaces from those that have been neglected due to racist city planning and divestment—is a code word for fraught, state-managed gentrification. Vanessa A. Rosa examines the revitalization of two Toronto public housing projects, Regent Park and Lawrence Heights, and uses this evidence to analyze the challenges of racial inequality and segregation at the heart of housing systems in many cities worldwide. Instead of promoting safety and belonging, Rosa argues that revitalization too often creates more intense exclusion. But the story of these housing projects also reveals how residents pushed back on the ideals of revitalization touted by city officials and policymakers. Rosa explores urban revitalization as a window to investigate broader questions about social regulation and the ways that racism, classism, and dynamics of inclusion/exclusion are foundational to liberal democratic societies, particularly as scholars continue to debate the politics of gentrification at the local level and the politics of integration and multiculturalism at the national level.
Vanessa A. Rosa is associate professor of Latina/o studies at Mount Holyoke College.
