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Books by Erik Swyngedouw
  | | Promises of the Political Insurgent Cities in a Post-Political Environment (The MIT Press) by Erik Swyngedouw Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2018 by Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-53565-6, ISBN: 0-262-53565-3 "The possibility of a new emancipatory and democratizing politics, explored through the lens of recent urban insurgencies.In Promises of the Political, Erik Swyngedouw explores whether progressive and emancipatory politics is still possible in a post-political era. Activists and scholars have developed the concept of post-politicization to describe the process by which “the political” is replaced by techno-managerial governance. If the p ..." |
 | | Tapping the Oceans Seawater Desalination and the Political Ecology of Water by Erik Swyngedouw, Joe Williams Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2018 by Edward Elgar Pub ISBN-13: 978-1-78811-380-9, ISBN: 1-78811-380-2 "Tapping the Oceans provides a detailed analysis of the political and ecological debates facing water desalination in the twenty-first century.Water supplies for cities around the world are undergoing profound geographical, technological and political transformations. Increasingly, water-stressed cities are looking to the oceans to fix unreliable, contested and over-burdened water supply systems. Yet the use of emerging desalination tech ..." |
 | | Urban Political Ecology in the Anthropo-obscene(1st Edition) Political Interruptions and Possibilities (Questioning Cities) by Henrik Ernstson, Erik Swyngedouw Paperback, 290 Pages, Published 2018 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-62919-6, ISBN: 1-138-62919-7 "Urban Political Ecology in the Anthropo-obscene: Interruptions and Possibilities centres on how to organize anew the articulation between emancipatory theory and political activism. Across its theoretical and empirical chapters, written by leading scholars from anthropology, geography, urban studies, and political science, the book explores new political possibilities that are opening up in an age marked by proliferating contestations ..." |
 | | Liquid Power Contested Hydro-Modernities in Twentieth-Century Spain (Urban and Industrial Environments) by Erik Swyngedouw Paperback, 321 Pages, Published 2023 by Mit Press Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-262-54896-0, ISBN: 0-262-54896-8 "... Alfonso Peña Boeuf , who would become minister of public works in 1939 , to prepare a Plan General de Obras Públicas ( General Plan for Public Works ) , a large part of which would be dedicated to hydrau- lic infrastructures . Minister Peña ..." |
 | | Social Power and the Urbanization of Water(1st Edition) Flows of Power (Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies Series) by Erik Swyngedouw, University Of Oxford Hardcover, 226 Pages, Published 2004 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-823391-6, ISBN: 0-19-823391-4 "Taking as his case-study the city of Guayaquil in Ecuador, where 600,000 people lack easy access to potable water, Erik Swyngedouw aims to reconstruct, theoretically and empirically, the political, social, and economic conduits through which water flows, and to identify how power relations infuse the metabolic transformation of water as it becomes urban. These flows of water which are simultaneously physical and social carry in their cu ..." |
 | | Water, Technology and the Nation-State(1st Edition) (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management) by Filippo Menga, Erik Swyngedouw Paperback, 242 Pages, Published 2020 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-367-50611-7, ISBN: 0-367-50611-4 "Just as space, territory and society can be socially and politically co-constructed, so can water, and thus the construction of hydraulic infrastructures can be mobilised by politicians to consolidate their grip on power while nurturing their own vision of what the nation is or should become. This book delves into the complex and often hidden connection between water, technological advancement and the nation-state, addressing two major ..." |
 | | Hydrosocial Territories and Water Equity(1st Edition) Theory, Governance, and Sites of Struggle (Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance) by Rutgerd Boelens, Ben Crow, Jaime Hoogesteger, Flora E. Lu, Erik Swyngedouw, Jeroen Vos Paperback, 412 Pages, Published 2019 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-367-20752-6, ISBN: 0-367-20752-4 "Bringing together a multidisciplinary set of scholars and diverse case studies from across the globe, this book explores the management, governance, and understandings around water, a key element in the assemblage of hydrosocial territories. Hydrosocial territories are spatial configurations of people, institutions, water flows, hydraulic technology and the biophysical environment that revolve around the control of water. Territorial po ..." |
 | | The Post-Political and Its Discontents(1st Edition) Spaces of Depoliticization, Spectres of Radical Politics by Japhy Wilson, Erik Swyngedouw, Ingolfur Bluhdorn, Jodi Dean, Bulent Diken, Maria Kaika, Sangeeta Kamat, Wendy Larner, Alex Loftus, Andy Merrifield Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2015 by Edinburgh University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4744-0306-1, ISBN: 1-4744-0306-9 "An exploration of the post-politics of global capitalism in theory and practice Our age is celebrated as the triumph of liberal democracy. Old ideological battles have been decisively resolved in favour of freedom and the market. We are told that we have moved 'beyond left and right'; that we are 'all in this together'. Any remaining differences are to be addressed through expert knowledge, consensual deliberation and participatory gove ..." |
 | | Water, Technology and the Nation-State(1st Edition) (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management) by Filippo Menga, Erik Swyngedouw Hardcover, 242 Pages, Published 2018 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-72465-5, ISBN: 1-138-72465-3 "Just as space, territory and society can be socially and politically co-constructed, so can water, and thus the construction of hydraulic infrastructures can be mobilised by politicians to consolidate their grip on power while nurturing their own vision of what the nation is or should become. This book delves into the complex and often hidden connection between water, technological advancement and the nation-state, addressing two major ..." |
 | | Promises of the Political Insurgent Cities in a Post-Political Environment (The MIT Press) by Erik Swyngedouw 232 Pages, Published 2018 by Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-03822-5, ISBN: 0-262-03822-6 "In Promises of the Political, Erik Swyngedouw explores whether progressive and emancipatory politics is still possible in a post-political era." |
 | | In the Nature of Cities(1st Edition) Urban Political Ecology and the Politics of Urban Metabolism (Questioning Cities) by Erik Swyngedouw, Maria Kaika, Nik Heynen, Nikolas C. Heynen Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2006 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-36827-8, ISBN: 0-415-36827-8 "The social and material production of urban nature has recently emerged as an important area in urban studies, human/environmental interactions and social studies. This has been prompted by the recognition that the material conditions that comprise urban environments are not independent from social, political, and economic processes, or from the cultural construction of what constitutes the ‘urban’ or the ‘natural’. Through both theoret ..." |
 | | Political Change through Social Innovation A Debate (Sustainable Economy and Responsible Growth series) by Frank Moulaert, Bob Jessop, Erik Swyngedouw, Liana R. Simmons Hardcover, Published 2022 by Edward Elgar Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-80392-513-4, ISBN: 1-80392-513-2 |
 | | Urban Political Ecology in the Anthropo-obscene(1st Edition) Interruptions and Possibilities (Questioning Cities) by Henrik Ernstson, Erik Swyngedouw Hardcover, 290 Pages, Published 2018 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-62918-9, ISBN: 1-138-62918-9 "Urban Political Ecology in the Anthropo-obscene: Interruptions and Possibilities centres on how to organize anew the articulation between emancipatory theory and political activism. Across its theoretical and empirical chapters, written by leading scholars from anthropology, geography, urban studies, and political science, the book explores new political possibilities that are opening up in an age marked by proliferating contestations ..." |
 | | Hydrosocial Territories and Water Equity(1st Edition) Theory, Governance, and Sites of Struggle (Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance) by Rutgerd Boelens, Jaime Hoogesteger, Flora E. Lu, Ben Crow, Erik Swyngedouw, Jeroen Vos Hardcover, 370 Pages, Published 2017 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-28884-3, ISBN: 1-138-28884-5 "Bringing together a multidisciplinary set of scholars and diverse case studies from across the globe, this book explores the management, governance, and understandings around water, a key element in the assemblage of hydrosocial territories. Hydrosocial territories are spatial configurations of people, institutions, water flows, hydraulic technology and the biophysical environment that revolve around the control of water. Territorial po ..." |
 | | The Post-Political and Its Discontents(1st Edition) Spaces of Depoliticization, Spectres of Radical Politics by Japhy Wilson, Erik Swyngedouw Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2014 by Edinburgh University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7486-8297-3, ISBN: 0-7486-8297-X "This is a theoretical and practical interrogation of how the post-political has come to dominate governance. We are told that we live in a 'post-ideological' era - that we have moved 'beyond Left and Right' and that we are 'all in it together'. Democracy has been reduced to the consensual administration of economic necessity. How can we make sense of this form of depoliticisation? How does it manifest itself in different spheres of soci ..." |
 | | Can Neighbourhoods Save the City?(1st Edition) Community Development and Social Innovation (Regions and Cities) by Frank Moulaert, Erik Swyngedouw, Flavia Martinelli, Sara Gonzalez, Frank A. Salamone Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 2010 by Routledge Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-415-48588-3, ISBN: 0-415-48588-6 "For decades, neighbourhoods been pivotal sites of social, economic and political exclusion processes, and civil society initiatives, attempting bottom-up strategies of re-development and regeneration. In many cases these efforts resulted in the creation of socially innovative organizations, seeking to satisfy the basic human needs of deprived population groups, to increase their political capabilities and to ..." |
 | | In the Nature of Cities(Updated) Urban Political Ecology and the Politics of Urban Metabolism (Questioning Cities) by Erik Swyngedouw, Maria Kaika, Nikolas C. Heynen, Nik Prof Heynen Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2006 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-36828-5, ISBN: 0-415-36828-6 "The social and material production of urban nature has recently emerged as an important area in urban studies, human/environmental interactions and social studies. This has been prompted by the recognition that the material conditions that comprise urban environments are not independent from social, political, and economic processes, or from the cultural construction of what constitutes the ‘urban’ or the ‘natural’. Through both theoret ..." |
 | | The Globalized City(Updated) Economic Restructing and Social Polarization in European Cities (Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies Series) by Frank Moulaert, Erik Swyngedouw, Arantxa Rodriguez, Arantxa Rodrâiguez Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2003 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-926040-9, ISBN: 0-19-926040-0 "This book explores the dynamics that have accompanied the implementation of large-scale Urban Development Projects (UDPs) in nine European cities within the European Union (EU). It contributes to the analysis of the relationship between urban restructuring and social exclusion/integration in the context of the emergence of the European-wide 'new' regimes of urban governance. These regimes reflect the reawakening of neo-liberal policy an ..." |
 | | Can Neighbourhoods Save the City?(1st Edition) Community Development and Social Innovation (Regions and Cities) by Frank Moulaert, Erik Swyngedouw, Flavia Martinelli, Sara Gonzalez, Frank A. Salamone Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2012 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-51683-9, ISBN: 0-415-51683-8 "For decades, neighbourhoods been pivotal sites of social, economic and political exclusion processes, and civil society initiatives, attempting bottom-up strategies of re-development and regeneration. In many cases these efforts resulted in the creation of socially innovative organizations, seeking to satisfy the basic human needs of deprived population groups, to increase their political capabilities and to improve social interaction b ..." |
 | | Hydrosocial Territories and Water Equity Theory, Governance, and Sites of Struggle by Rutgerd Boelens, Ben Crow, Jaime Hoogesteger, Flora E. Lu, Erik Swyngedouw, Jeroen Vos 396 Pages, Published 2018 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-351-97364-9, ISBN: 1-351-97364-9 "If anything, having those technicians around led to a lot of water use, sure, but people were also trying to behave, not steal water ... It's only made things worse in a dry area' (J. Holman, interview with the author, Mimbres, NM, 10 August 2011 )." |
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