Published March 1, 2010
by iris_author
The City Institute at York University (CITY) presents:
The City Seminar
An interdisciplinary series of presentations and discussions on urban landscapes, past and present.
Alan Walks
Department of Geography, Program in Planning
University of Toronto
"From Urban Social Polarization to Civic Succession?
Gated Communities, Discourses of Privatism, and the Ascendance of Neoliberalism"
Alan Walks is associate professor of urban geography and planning at the University of Toronto. His research is primarily
concerned with understanding the causes and consequences of urban social and political polarization, and the importance of
place in the construction and reproduction of ideology and inequality. He has published research on the relationship between
urban economic restructuring and socio-spatial inequality; neighbourhood/place effects on electoral behaviour and social and
political attitudes; gentrification and social mix; and the social and political implications of the privatization of space and
gated communities. His new research projects explore the politics of automobility in Canada and the implications for citizenship, and the implications of the current recession and of government responses for growing urban socio-spatial inequality.
Friday March 5, 2010
12:30-2:00 pm
305 York Lanes
Everyone is welcome.
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