What is the ‘right to the city’? What are the major challenges in creating more socially equitable cities in the 21st century? Matthew Templin - 541746 The 20th century played witness to an urban renaissance, driven largely by global economic forces. Populations migrated to cities en masse to harness the prospect and prosperity that urban life promised. Neoliberalism was crucial to this shift, with the philosophy demanding ‘free markets’, privatisation, and the overall reduction in government control
Neoliberalism Neoliberalism is a concept which states that both politics and economics need to be reevaluated to respond to the sociology and the psychology of the people that are affected. This type of social structure demands that the economic system must become less strict, and advocates more free trade and open markets. According to Paul Treanor, "Neoliberalism is a philosophy in which the existence and operation of a market are valued in themselves, separately from any previous relationship
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