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AGRICULTURE IN A SOCIALIST CITY: Towards an Alter‐Urban Political Ecology

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 6, Page 1410-1428, November 2026.
Abstract Urban political ecology has developed as a critique of capitalist urbanization. This article develops the concept of alter‐urban political ecology to define urban environments emerging not from capitalist urbanization but from efforts to transform it. Drawing on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in five urban farms in socialist Cuba,
Gustav Cederlöf
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Malmberg, Edward 2015-03-08 Transcript

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Coyote Flats Pioneer Village
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BEHIND THE FACES OF AESTHETICIZED URBANISM IN TUNXI, CHINA

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 6, Page 1505-1525, November 2026.
Abstract Urban policy in China has become increasingly predicated on securing an approved aesthetic that reflects ideological campaigns and political programmes. In highlighting the role of the aesthetic in Chinese urbanism, this article argues that the party‐state draws on an aesthetic palette that places the contemporary urban landscape in a ...
Yanpeng Jiang, Paul Waley, Asa Roast
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PARTY‐STATE URBANISM: Coevolution of Local State Capacity and Strategic Alliances in Shenzhen

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 6, Page 1570-1587, November 2026.
Abstract What is distinct about Chinese urban governance? Classic theories predict that when the central state retreats from resource allocation, capacity‐strained local governments must form alliances with non‐state actors, thereby diluting state power. In China, however, state power remains dominant despite decentralization.
Yunhan Wen
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Aging Population and Slum Resettlement in Guryong Village, Seoul, South Korea

open access: yes, 2017
The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate if the elderly population of Guryong Village is receiving adequate provision of services to mitigate their resettlement process. Located in Seoul, South Korea, Guryong Village is the last illegal shantytown in the city that has survived a tumultuous history of aggressive urbanization policies.
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Interactional privilege of violence: Status and interaction in the street field

open access: yesCriminology, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 1149-1177, November 2026.
Abstract Criminologists have long described and theorized the relationship between status, respect, and violence within urban communities. Although this finding is generally accepted within criminology, ethnographic empirical illustrations of this phenomenon are sparse.
Hakan Kalkan, Heith Copes
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Goode, Merle 2015-03-10 Transcript

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Narratives of Strength: Exploring Storytelling as a Tool for Resilience in Families

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 2584-2593, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Resilience, originally viewed as a psychological capacity to ‘bounce back’ from challenges, is now understood to be shaped by broader social inequalities, including gender, socio‐economic status, politics and ethnicity. This study explores how stories and narratives can help nurture resilience and improve well‐being among those residing in an ...
Chandra Ramamurthy   +3 more
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Oseen, Dean 2015-06-30 Transcript

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Home at the Margins: Police Violence, Evictions, and the Resistance to Belonging in São Paulo's ‘Cracolândia’

open access: yesPoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Volume 49, Issue 2, November 2026.
ABSTRACT In São Paulo's Cracolândia—one of the world's largest open‐air drug scenes—urban transformation operates not through direct expulsion but through the systematic erosion of territorial bonds. Drawing on twenty months of ethnographic research with unhoused crack users, NGO workers, and state officials, this article examines how interactions with
Flávio Eiró, Giordano Magri
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