Kevin Ward is Professor of Human Geography in the School of Environment, Education and Development and Director of the Manchester Urban Institute (www.mui.manchester.ac.uk) at the University of Manchester, UK. Andrew E. G. Jonas is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Hull, UK. Byron Miller is Professor and the Coordinator of the Urban Studies Interdisciplinary Program, University of Calgary, Canada. David Wilson is Professor of Geography, Urban Planning, and the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
The Routledge Handbook on Spaces of Urban Politics is a state-of-the-art guide to the diverse and dynamic worlds of urban politics-from environmental activism to local labor organizing, from growth elites to community gardeners, from austerity to utopia. Featuring new voices in urban studies alongside established scholars, this fine collection goes beyond a conventional tour d'horizon to open up new horizons for the field. - Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia, Canada The editors of the Handbook on Spaces of Urban Politics have done a magnificent job: A stellar cast of authors, a global perspective, relevant thematic choices, topical case studies, and animated writing make this Handbook an indispensible companion to students of local and urban politics everywhere. - Roger Keil, York Chair in Global Sub/Urban Studies, York University, Canada