3. Meeting Goals
• Develop our understanding of neoliberalism in terms
of its ideological, political and historical meanings.
• Think about what neoliberalism means for the space
of the city and the space of the nation-state.
• Strategize about what spaces of social justice -
especially in response to the intersections of
poverty, sexual and gender regulation, and racism -
can look like in the contemporary neoliberal
context.
4.
5. Neoliberalism: Cities, Space, Surplus
I. Introduce ourselves
II. What do we mean by neoliberalism?
III. Break-out groups: cities, states, politics
- Harvey, Peck & Tickell
IV. The making of gay urban enclaves
- Hanhardt
V. What do we want to think about next?
6. Neoliberalism: Cities, Space, Surplus
I. Introduce ourselves
II. What do we mean by neoliberalism?
III. Break-out groups: cities, states, politics
- Harvey, Peck & Tickell
IV. The making of gay urban enclaves
- Hanhardt
V. What do we want to think about next?
7. Introductions
• Name
• Preferred gender pronouns
• Something that you’re up to, for
example: project you’re working on,
question you’re thinking about, or a
book you read and want to tell
everyone about, etc.
8. Neoliberalism: Cities, Space, Surplus
I. Introduce ourselves
II. What do we mean by neoliberalism?
III. Break-out groups: cities, states, politics
- Harvey, Peck & Tickell
IV. The making of gay urban enclaves
- Hanhardt
V. What do we want to think about next?
9. Neoliberalism: Cities, Space, Surplus
I. Introduce ourselves
II. What do we mean by neoliberalism?
III. Break-out groups: cities, states, politics
- Harvey, Peck & Tickell
IV. The making of gay urban enclaves
- Hanhardt
V. What do we want to think about next?
12. Neoliberalism
• Ideological - a set of ideas about the “best”
relationship between the economy and government.
13. Neoliberalism
• Ideological - a set of ideas about the “best”
relationship between the economy and government.
• Political - social and economic reforms that put the
ideas of neoliberalism into practice.
14. Neoliberalism
• Ideological - a set of ideas about the “best”
relationship between the economy and government.
• Political - social and economic reforms that put the
ideas of neoliberalism into practice.
• Historical - an era characterized by the dominance of
neoliberal political projects (roll-back and roll-out).
17. Neoliberal Ideas
• The economy will prosper if left alone, and a
prosperous economy is good for the people.
18. Neoliberal Ideas
• The economy will prosper if left alone, and a
prosperous economy is good for the people.
• Individuals bear responsibility for their poverty,
and governments should not foster
“dependence” on social programs.
19. Neoliberal Ideas
• The economy will prosper if left alone, and a
prosperous economy is good for the people.
• Individuals bear responsibility for their poverty,
and governments should not foster
“dependence” on social programs.
• Economic rationales should be applied to social
programs: competition, cost-benefits analysis,
measurable outcomes.
28. What Does Neoliberalism Look Like?
• Free market policies
• In “developing” world (aka former colonies of
US and European empires): structural
adjustment programs that cut social spending
29. What Does Neoliberalism Look Like?
• Free market policies
• In “developing” world (aka former colonies of
US and European empires): structural
adjustment programs that cut social spending
• In US: shift of industrial production out of US,
and growth of domestic service and knowledge
industries; workfare
30. What Does Neoliberalism Look Like?
• Free market policies
• In “developing” world (aka former colonies of
US and European empires): structural
adjustment programs that cut social spending
• In US: shift of industrial production out of US,
and growth of domestic service and knowledge
industries; workfare
• Increasing economic polarization
31. What Does Neoliberalism Look Like?
• Free market policies
• In “developing” world (aka former colonies of
US and European empires): structural
adjustment programs that cut social spending
• In US: shift of industrial production out of US,
and growth of domestic service and knowledge
industries; workfare
• Increasing economic polarization
• Growth of surplus populations
32. What Does Neoliberalism Look Like?
• Free market policies
• In “developing” world (aka former colonies of
US and European empires): structural
adjustment programs that cut social spending
• In US: shift of industrial production out of US,
and growth of domestic service and knowledge
industries; workfare
• Increasing economic polarization
• Growth of surplus populations
• Expansion of “security” industries - police,
prisons, military occupation
33. What Does Neoliberalism Look Like?
• Free market policies
• In “developing” world (aka former colonies of
US and European empires): structural
adjustment programs that cut social spending
• In US: shift of industrial production out of US,
and growth of domestic service and knowledge
industries; workfare
• Increasing economic polarization
• Growth of surplus populations
• Expansion of “security” industries - police,
prisons, military occupation
• Expanding power of supranational governance
bodies
36. What Does Neoliberalism Look Like
in the City?
• Selling off of public space to private
corporations
37. What Does Neoliberalism Look Like
in the City?
• Selling off of public space to private
corporations
• Dominance of consumerism
38. What Does Neoliberalism Look Like
in the City?
• Selling off of public space to private
corporations
• Dominance of consumerism
• “Quality of life” crackdowns
39. What Does Neoliberalism Look Like
in the City?
• Selling off of public space to private
corporations
• Dominance of consumerism
• “Quality of life” crackdowns
• More cops, and more militarized policing
40. What Does Neoliberalism Look Like
in the City?
• Selling off of public space to private
corporations
• Dominance of consumerism
• “Quality of life” crackdowns
• More cops, and more militarized policing
• Growth of private security forces in quasi-
public spaces
41. What Does Neoliberalism Look Like
in the City?
• Selling off of public space to private
corporations
• Dominance of consumerism
• “Quality of life” crackdowns
• More cops, and more militarized policing
• Growth of private security forces in quasi-
public spaces
• Growth of non-profit sector
42. What Does Neoliberalism Look Like
in the City?
• Selling off of public space to private
corporations
• Dominance of consumerism
• “Quality of life” crackdowns
• More cops, and more militarized policing
• Growth of private security forces in quasi-
public spaces
• Growth of non-profit sector
• Intensification of racialized economic
exploitation and racial wealth gap
43. Neoliberalism: Cities, Space, Surplus
I. Introduce ourselves
II. What do we mean by neoliberalism?
III. Break-out groups: cities, states, politics
- Harvey, Peck & Tickell
IV. The making of gay urban enclaves
- Hanhardt
V. What do we want to think about next?
44. Neoliberalism: Cities, Space, Surplus
I. Introduce ourselves
II. What do we mean by neoliberalism?
III. Break-out groups: cities, states, politics
- Harvey, Peck & Tickell
IV. The making of gay urban enclaves
- Hanhardt
V. What do we want to think about next?
45. Neoliberalism: Cities, Space, Surplus
I. Introduce ourselves
II. What do we mean by neoliberalism?
III. Break-out groups: cities, states, politics
- Harvey, Peck & Tickell
IV. The making of gay urban enclaves
- Hanhardt
V. What do we want to think about next?
46. Neoliberalism: Cities, Space, Surplus
I. Introduce ourselves
II. What do we mean by neoliberalism?
III. Break-out groups: cities, states, politics
- Harvey, Peck & Tickell
IV. The making of gay urban enclaves
- Hanhardt
V. What do we want to think about next?