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Book review: the Olympic Games and the architecture of extreme capitalism: remaining sceptical about the ‘urban renaissance’

Tonkiss, Fran (2012) Book review: the Olympic Games and the architecture of extreme capitalism: remaining sceptical about the ‘urban renaissance’. LSE Review of Books (25 May 2012). Website.

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Abstract

The privatisation of our cities has gone too far, argues Anna Minton in this passionate and convincing tale of the brutal links between regeneration, capitalism and unhappiness. Fran Tonkiss finds Minton’s analysis of the real legacy of the Olympic Games compelling, with important warnings on inequality and police states. Ground Control: Fear and happiness in the twenty-first-century city. Anna Minton. Penguin. January 2012. 288 pages.

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information: © 2012 The Author
Divisions: LSE Cities
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD100 Land Use
H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited: 06 Jul 2012 14:01
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 18:29
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/44654

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