The domain of “folk-economics” consists in explicit beliefs about the economy held by
laypeople, untrained in economics, about such topics as, for example, the causes of the …

In cities worldwide, the housing question has returned. As demands and proposals by
housing movements have grown bolder, city governments are implementing new policies …

Asserting the need to acknowledge the role of the current crisis and austerity politics in
fostering the re‐emergence of squatting initiatives in Rome, this article brings together the …

In this paper, we argue that it is generative to link struggles around access to, control over,
and the transformation of urban energy systems to the imaginary of the right to the city; and …

This paper answers the question why the Dutch state has gone from vigorously stimulating
private-rental growth and liberalization to actively restricting the tenure. Answering this …

Right now, it is hard to see a structural change in how western societies deal with housing.
But then again, structural changes are often hard to see without hindsight. It is easy to be …

The politics of urban development is one of the most enduring, central themes of urban
politics. In Resisting Redevelopment, Eleonora Pasotti explores the forces that enable …

The planning scene in the 21st century is characterized by rapid transformation and
upheavals. Countries with a long tradition of multi-tiered planning systems have seen their …

Nearly 40 years after the first wave of Ethiopian immigration to Israel, the country's Ethiopian
population still suffers from significant socioeconomic disadvantage: Many of its members …

In recent decades, many countries have experienced decentralization and neoliberal
processes. The literature usually refers to decentralization as an outcome of growing …