THE CRISIS OF CAPITALIST SOCIETY AND THE (NEW) URBAN QUESTION Cover Image

KRYZYS SPOŁECZEŃSTWA KAPITALISTYCZNEGO A (NOWA) KWESTIA MIEJSKA
THE CRISIS OF CAPITALIST SOCIETY AND THE (NEW) URBAN QUESTION

Author(s): Mariusz Baranowski
Subject(s): Politics, Social Sciences, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
Keywords: capitalist society; społeczeństwo kapitalistyczne; urban question; kwestia miejska; social movements; ruchy społeczne; public space; przestrzeń publiczna; privatization of life; prywatyzacja życia

Summary/Abstract: This article addresses the problem of the crisis of capitalist society, as described by Alain Touraine, through the example of urban space. It attempts to trace the symptoms of the crisis in the context of the urban question, understood as the set of (potential or actual) dysfunctional consequences of the organization of social life in accord with individual and/or collective expectations within the sphere of the city.

  • Issue Year: 60/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 19-33
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish