First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Mark Purcell is Associate Professor of Urban Design and Planning at the University of Washington. In addition to his work on urban politics and democracy, he has also published on state theory, the cultural politics of the academy, and the political-economy of scale.

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1: THE "TERROR" OF NEOLIBERALIZATION

CHAPTER 2: THE MANY FACES OF DEMOCRACY

CHAPTER 3: NEW DEMOCRATIC ATTITUDES

CHAPTER 4: ON THE GROUND IN SEATTLE AND LOS ANGELES

CONCLUSION: YOU CAN HEAR HER BREATHING