Interviews

The 2008 financial crisis called time on a long period of economic transformation in European cities that has seen their socio-spatial structures change radically. The conventional wisdom, in 

Jean-Pierre Lévy has devoted much of his work to the issue of poor housing conditions. Here, for Metropolitics, he discusses the causes of a crisis that, in his view, is essentially qualitative in 

Alain His, co-founder of the Maison du Val in Meudon, near Paris, talks to us about this self‑managed housing complex created at the end of the 1970s, the philosophy it espouses, what sets it apart 

Lawrence J. Vale goes back to the early days of American history to discuss public housing policy in the US: he explores the ambivalence produced by the mix of moral stigmatization and social 

Following a number of experiments in Geneva and Bilbao, the question of whether supervised injection centres should be opened in France recently shook the nation’s political scene, giving rise to 

Als Thomas Sievert vor zehn Jahren Zwischenstadt, zwichen Ort und Welt, Raum und Zeit, Stadt und Land, veröffentlicht hat, tat er dies in der Absicht, den städtischen Charakter einer im Entstehen 

To achieve a better democracy, Edward Soja defends the idea that we need to change the way we think about the social and political organization of urbanized territorries. He suggest that we now 

David Harvey is a leading figure of the marxist critique of neoliberalism. During his last stay in France, in October 2010, he answered a few quick questions on his relationship to Paris, on the 

Richard Sennett writes about cities, labor, and culture. He teaches sociology at New York University and at the London School of Economics. He is one of the most prominent scholars on the city, 

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