Financial management expert to lead Government Finance Research Center at UIC uic.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from uic.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Andrés Señoret Sociólogo y Magister en Desarrollo Urbano de la Universidad Católica de Chile. En los últimos años ha participado en investigaciones sobre sociabilidad urbana y mercado de arriendo para el Instituto de Estudios Urbanos de la Universidad Católica y sobre ciudades intermedias y precariedad laboral para el Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable (CEDEUS). Entre sus publicaciones recientes se cuentan “Densidad urbana, forma y sociabilidad en la ciudad neoliberal” (2019) junto a F. Link en la Revista de Urbanismo de la Universidad de Chile, From community to public familiarity: Neighborhood, sociability, and belonging in the neoliberal city (2021) Junto a F. Link y F. Valenzuela en Urban Affairs Review y “La burbuja fiscal de la vivienda en Chile, 2014-2017” (2020) junto a A. Daher en “Vivienda y ciudad para todos; la utopía neoliberal en tensión”, editado por R. Hidalgo.
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Rachael A. Woldoff is an urban sociologist and Professor of Sociology.
She received a PhD in sociology from The Ohio State University, specializing in crime and community. Her research and publications have focused on neighborhood crime and disorder, urban redevelopment, and racial/ethnic differences in neighborhood attainment, as well as the subjects of neighborhood racial change, gentrification, housing affordability, and creative class cities. Her work has appeared in Social Forces, Urban Affairs Review, and Urban Studies. Her book, White Flight/Black Flight: The Dynamics of Racial Change in an American Neighborhood, was awarded the Best Book Award from the Urban Affairs Association. Dr. Woldoff received the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Researcher Award. She has co-authored three other books including High Stakes: Big Time Sports and Downtown Redevelopment (The Ohio State University Press 2004) and Priced Out: Stuyvesant Town and the Loss of Middle-Class
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IMAGE: Meghan Joy: The neoliberal urban model has had time to prove whether it works for all the people in a city. It is clear that it does not. view more
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What would a truly progressive city look like? A city that pays more than lip service to issues that directly affect low-income residents, seniors, marginalized communities and others whom neoliberal policies have seemingly left behind?
Meghan Joy, an assistant professor of political science, argues that urban studies, and particularly urban political scientists, should re-assess the concept of the progressive city. The once-widely embraced notion fell out of favour over the past several decades as local politicians embraced neoliberal policies that she says prioritized wealth generation over liveability and accessibility for all city residents. In a new paper recently published in