Executive summary Malnutrition in all its forms, including obesity, undernutrition, and other
dietary risks, is the leading cause of poor health globally. In the near future, the health effects …

Recent events have brought attention to the millions of Americans who struggle to find and
pay for housing. Housing has historically been of interest to sociologists, but it has long been …

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST, 2020 PULITZER PRIZE
IN HISTORY By the late 1960s and early 1970s, reeling from a wave of urban uprisings …

There is a small but growing literature on the financialization of housing that demonstrates
how housing is a central aspect of financialization. Despite the varied analyses of the …

This paper develops a critical understanding of the smart city by investigating the values and
ideas that underpin this concept and how they are translated into practice. It suggests that …

As local governments and corporations promote 'climate friendliness', and a low‐carbon
lifestyle becomes increasingly desirable, more middle‐and upper‐income urban residents …

Shaking Up the City critically examines many of the concepts and categories within
mainstream urban studies that serve dubious policy agendas. Through a combination of …

Neoliberalism is easily one of the most powerful concepts to emerge within the social
sciences in the last two decades, and the number of scholars who write about this dynamic …

The Airbnb phenomenon as part of the broader growth of the so-called collaborative
economy has grabbed the attention of a growing number of tourism researchers. Among the …

Austerity budgeting in the public sector, selectively targeting the social state, is a long-
established trait of neoliberal governance, but it has been enforced with renewed systemic …