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Metropolitics is on its summer break, but will be back on 10 September. In the meantime, we'll be publishing a selection of articles from the past four years.

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History of Modern Architecture Revisited

3 October 2012, by Karla Britton

The latest work by Jean-Louis Cohen is an original contribution to the history of modern architecture. His fresh approach brings together various issues seldom studied until recently, such as the importance of images and the role of colonization.

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The burst bubble and the privatisation of planning in Tokyo

5 February, by Raphaël Languillon-Aussel & translated by Oliver Waine

Since the early 1990s and the collapse of Japan’s asset price bubble, developments in Marunouchi
Free public transport: from social experiment to political alternative?

20 March 2013, by Maxime Huré & translated by Oliver Waine

In a work combining storytelling and reflection, a local councillor and a philosopher analyse

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Haiti after the earthquake: camps, shanty towns and housing shortages

2 May 2012, by Gerry L’Étang & translated by Oliver Waine

In Haiti, in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, public squares became the sites of makeshift camps to provide shelter to victims made homeless by the disaster. Since then, their status has changed to become places of hope of justice in the face of the inequalities of a nationwide housing shortage. As in other contexts, occupying public spaces appears to be a means of fighting for the right to

The electoral effects of social divisions in French cities

2 July, by Jean Rivière & translated by Oliver Waine

According to many commentators, France’s major cities are bastions of support for the parliamentary left when it comes to election time. However, Jean Rivière’s analysis of the situation – far from

In the shadow of the mayor

25 June, by Michel Koebel & translated by Oliver Waine

After his investigation into the representativeness of local councillors in France, Michel Koebel has now turned his attention to the selection and sociology of cabinet members in medium-sized

Preparing for a protest vote?

18 June, by Rémi Lefebvre & translated by Oliver Waine

Between 2008 and 2014, the French Socialist Party was, more than ever before, a party of “local politicians”. Here, Rémi Lefebvre describes how, in the face of a protest vote, the party has sought

Territorial Equality in France: A Historical Perspective

4 June, by Matthew Wendeln

Once the basis of French regional planning, the goal of national balance has made a comeback in France under the banner of “territorial equality”. The postwar experience suggests that

The misunderstandings of European democracy

28 May, by Philippe Aldrin & translated by Oliver Waine

Though an economic giant, the European Union still appears to be something of a political dwarf. Yet a political Europe does exist, but the unusual forms that this transnational power takes seem

The new banks of the Seine: all for the best, or just another Woody Allen set?

21 May, by Mathieu Flonneau & translated by Oliver Waine

June 2013 saw the completion of a project to transform the riverside expressway on the Left Bank of the Seine in Paris into a pedestrian promenade, accompanied by a series of leisure and

Slumdog Non-Millionaires

14 May, by Rémi de Bercegol & Shankare Gowda

In India, the dominant theme of megacities and their development has concealed the significance of small and medium-sized towns. Though numerous, these towns have benefited only marginally from

Another vision of the suburbs

7 May, by Jean-Christophe Bardot & Laurent Devisme & translated by Oliver Waine

Images of the urban fringes of French cities often tend either to condemn their ugliness or to revel in a strange fascination for these geometric spaces. Here, Laurent Devisme comments upon

Municipal socialism in France from the interwar period to the 1970s

30 April, by Aude Chamouard & translated by Oliver Waine

“Municipal socialism” has marked the history of many cities in France (Lille, Toulouse and Bordeaux, to name but three). The period between the two world wars saw the rise of the great figures of

Fighting for Retreat after Sandy: The Ocean Breeze Buyout Tent on Staten Island

23 April, by Liz Koslov

On October 29, 2012, Staten Island, a borough of New York City, was on the front line when Hurricane Sandy ravaged the coast. Today, residents of the East Shore, directly exposed to the ocean, show

The Localism Act in London: institutionalising urban divisions

16 April, by Justinien Tribillon

By decentralising planning powers to local communities, the British Conservative government claims that they are strengthening local democracy and protecting it from the mistakes of big

The effects of Thatcherism in the urban North of England

2 April, by Mark Bailoni & translated by Oliver Waine

The economic policies of Margaret Thatcher’s governments polarised not just opinion but also whole swathes of the UK. In particular, the cities of northern England – Labour heartlands in an

For cities of a different nature

26 March, by Jérémy Grangé & Sylvain Petitet & translated by Oliver Waine

City-dwellers want to see more of their metropolitan areas turned over to nature and urban public spaces; however, our cities today are still structured by a network of roads that were primarily

The importance of the neighborhood in Chicago and elsewhere

19 March, by Eliza Benites-Gambirazio

The latest work by Robert Sampson, released to positive reviews, shows the sustainable effects of internal social dynamics within neighborhoods in terms of the vulnerability of their residents

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