GEOG 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Elite, Post-Fordism, Neoliberalism
21 Apr 2016
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Precarious proletariat: unemployed and barely getting by. Upper classes want revenge against the poor. Rudolph giuliani: zero tolerance, misuse of authority, racial profiling. Gentrified time square and cleaned up spaces. Dual city: immigrants serving global elite and unemployed workers. Border between first and third world found in cities. Global elite (moving from city to city). Not connected to locals of city and heart of city. Example: real estate markets of london, tokyo, nyc all connected as opposed to local markets. Elite class abandons public spaces for private spaces. Wealthy people usually have access to many resources and private institutions and therefore use public spaces less than poorer populations. Times square is a business improvement district. Regulations established in public spaces to exclude homeless. Richer neighbourhood can get control of their own public spaces. Shopping malls are privatized but tend to mimic public spaces like market streets.
