Leading governance theorist Jonathan S. Davies develops a rich comparative analysis of austerity governance and resistance in eight cities, to establish a conjunctural perspective on the rolling crises of neoliberal globalism. Drawing on a major international study of eight cities, Davies employs Gramscian regime analysis to consider the consolidation, weakening and transformation of urban governance regimes through the age of austerity. He explores how urban governance shapes variations in austere neoliberalism, tackling themes including collaboration, dominance, resistance and counter-hegemony. The book is a significant addition to thinking about how the era of austerity politics influences urban governance today, and the potential for alternative urban futures.

Jonathan S. Davies is Director of the Centre for Urban Research on Austerity and Professor of Critical Policy Studies, at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.

Studying Urban Political (Dis)Orders
Dynamics of Crisis, Neoliberalisation and Austerity
Austerity and State Rescaling
Consolidating Neoliberal Austerity Regimes
Regime Divergence and the Limits of Austere Neoliberalism
Resisting Austerity: Resonant Solidarities and Small Wins
The 'Activity of Ruling Groups': Containment, De-mobilisation and Fragmentation
Reading the Conjuncture: (Dis)Ordering Dynamics in the Crises of Neoliberal Globalism
Afterword: Into the Pandemic