POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Revanchism, Global City, Economic Inequality

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Diversity as pr strategy but continued racism, new immigrant politcal forces. Rede ned social norms, welfarism stigmitized, poverty made invisible, anti-globalization movement. Priority of housing property, renters ght back, homeless activism. Re-regulation of city and country-side, smart, growth, loosening of development controls. Cuts to welfare, workfare programs, non public housing, lowered labour standards, increase in working time, bill 57. Gated communities, private policing, reduction in public housing, end of rent control. Lack of high quality jobs widespread poverty lack of affordable housing. Environmental concerns traf c congestion and inadequate transit options. First an foremost, the divided city is about the socio- economic status of who lives where . when we ask ourselves, why do some people live in some areas and not others?" - money buys choice (hulchanski 2015) A social spatial order with stronger and more rigid divisions. Greater inequality and polarity among parts of the city.

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