引用
新自由主義都市化:一個批判性的檢視
Neoliberal Urbanization: A Critical Review
作者:吳挺鋒(Ting-Feng Wu) | 首次發表於 2020-06-28 | 第 41 期 December 2008
DOI:https://dx.doi.org/10.6786/TJS.200812_(41).0004
研究議題與討論(Research Issues)
論文資訊 | Article information
摘要 Abstract
聯合國人居署的研究顯示,人類正跨越一個新的歷史里程碑:全世界的都市人口於2008年首次超過了農村人口。然而,在這個都市化的過程裡,都市貧窮問題卻益發惡化,貧民窟,甚至是巨型貧民窟的出現與蔓延,已蔚為當代奇觀。本論文討論了晚近都市化,及其政治經濟背景,並批判當前主流對於解決貧民窟問題的對策與預設。當面對這樣的全球新情勢時,不只是傳統的都市理論、階級理論與發展社會學都有再更新的必要,同時也應該在這個宏觀脈絡下,注意到中國都市化經驗的特殊性。

關鍵詞:都市化、貧民窟、新自由主義、結構性調整計畫、非正式部門
Results from the recent UN-HABITAT study underscore the fact that for the first time in world history, urban dwellers outnumber rural residents. As part of this process of urbanization, urban poverty has increased, with the emergence and prevalence of mega-slums becoming a modern phenomenon. In this paper I discuss the trend toward urbanization and its political economy context, and criticize mainstream thinking on solutions to and assumptions about slums. I argue that not only are urban theory, class theory, and sociology of development in need of renewal, but also that we must situate the particularity of China’s urbanization in a macro context.

Keywords: urbanization, slum, neoliberalism, structural adjustment programs, informal sector
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