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Urban warfare: housing under the empire of finance

Rolnik, Raquel; Harvey, David; Hirschhorn, Felipe

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Part I -- 1. The global financialisation of housing -- 2. The mortgage system -- 3. Exporting the model -- 4. Post-crisis measures: More of the same? -- 5. The demand-side subsidies model -- 6. microfinance: The last frontier -- Part II -- 7. Tenure insecurity -- 8. From enclosures to foreclosures -- 9. Informal, illegal, ambiguous -- 10. Private property, contracts and the globalised language of finance -- 11. Insecure tenure in the era of large projects -- Part III -- 12. Financialisation in the tropics -- 13. At the frontier of the real-estate-financial complex -- 14. Real-estate avenues -- 15. Real-estate games -- 16. June 2013: Journeys and beyond.

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Urban warfare: housing under the empire of finance

Rolnik, Raquel; Hirschhorn, Gabriel; Harvey, David

Cover Page; Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Part I; 1. The Global Financialisation of Housing; 2. The Mortgage System; 3. Exporting the Model; 4. Post-Crisis Measures: More of the Same?; 5. The Demand-Side Subsidies Model; 6. Microfinance: The Last Frontier; Part II; 7. Tenure Insecurity; 8. From Enclosures to Foreclosures; 9. Informal, Illegal, Ambiguous; 10. Private Property, Contracts and the Globalised Language of Finance; 11. Insecure Tenure in the Era of Large Projects; Part III; 12. Financialisation in the Tropics