Urban Movements and the Genealogy of Urban Rights Discourses
The Case of Urban Protesters against Redevelopment and Displacement in Seoul, South Korea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4847786 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hyun Bang Shin (0000-0002-1103-9221, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 356-369 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of the American Association of Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2469-4452 • E-ISSN: 2469-4460 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/24694452.2017.1392844 |
| OpenAlex | W2766239326 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 44 |
Despite significant contributions made to progressive urban politics, contemporary debates on cities and social justice are in need of adequately capturing the local historical and sociopolitical processes of how people have come to perceive the concept of rights in their struggles against the hegemonic establishments. These limitations act as constraints on overcoming hegemony imposed by the ruling class on subordinate classes and restrict a contextual understanding of such concepts as the right to the city in non-Western contexts, undermining the potential to produce locally tuned alternative strategies to build progressive and just cities. In this regard, this article discusses the evolving nature of urban rights discourses that were produced by urban protesters fighting redevelopment and displacement, paying particular attention to the experiences in Seoul that epitomized speculative urban accumulation under the (neoliberalizing) developmental state. Method-wise, the article makes use of archival records (protesters' pamphlets and newsletters), photographs, and field research archives. The data are supplemented by the author's in-depth interviews with former and current housing activists. The article argues that the urban poor have the capacity to challenge the state repression and hegemony of the ruling class ideology; that the urban movements such as the evictees' struggles against redevelopment are to be placed in the broader contexts of social movements; that concepts such as the right to the city are to be understood against the rich history of place-specific evolution of urban rights discourses; and that cross-class alliance is key to sustaining urban movements
Economic growth · Gentrification · Hegemony · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Redevelopment · Right to the city · Social movement · Sociology · Urban planning · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Law · Urban Planning and Governance
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |