Urban Development as Counterinsurgency

From the clearing of the Paris streets by Baron Haussmann in the 1860's to the more recent policies of "spatial deconcentration" aimed at America's inner cities (and their populations), this one-time lecture will examine the connections between urban development and urban counterinsurgency.  Special attention will be paid to how market mechanisms and even seemingly well-meaning liberal urban policy can be seen as providing cover for more insidious forms of war on the poor. 


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