The Handbook's coverage and contributions engages with and reflects upon the most important, innovative and recent critical developments to the inter-disciplinary field of urban politics, drawing upon a range of examples from within and across the Global North and Global South.
"The Routledge Handbook on Spaces of Urban Politics is a state-of-the-art guide to the diverse and dynamic worlds of urban politics-from environmental activism to local labor organizing, from growth elites to community gardeners, from austerity to utopia. Featuring new voices in urban studies alongside established scholars, this fine collection goes beyond a conventional tour d'horizon to open up new horizons for the field." - Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia, Canada
"The editors of the Handbook on Spaces of Urban Politics have done a magnificent job: A stellar cast of authors, a global perspective, relevant thematic choices, topical case studies, and animated writing make this Handbook an indispensible companion to students of local and urban politics everywhere." - Roger Keil, York Chair in Global Sub/Urban Studies, York University, Canada
"This Handbook's carefully crafted collection of essays reviews and appraises the panoply of conceptual and theoretical approaches to urban politics as an inter-disciplinary field, and it provides a vivid portrayal of how 'the (urban) political' itself is evolving. It will be a key reference point for students and researchers seeking to comprehend continuity and change in the (urban) political, as it is shaped across places, spaces and scales, and through shifting constellations of actors, interests, issues, strategies and practices." - Professor Pauline McGuirk, Head of Research, School of Geography and Sustainable Communities, The University of Wollongong, Australia
