Marxism and Real Estate Development
Marxism and Real Estate Development

Author: Julian Roche

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-09-01

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 1000938123

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This book straddles two worlds and attempts to bring them together: that of Lefebvre's Marxism on the one hand, and that of real estate development on the other. Lefebvre has now become a household name amongst many contemporary Marxists, especially those with an interest in urban planning and certain quarters of the architectural profession, however his work is far less well known by real estate professionals, whether investors, developers, brokers, or, indeed, policymakers. Marxism and Real Estate: Taking Lefebvre Seriously has both a large scope and a very bold aim – to use an explication and analysis of the work of Henri Lefebvre not only to present a critique of development, but, also to draw these two worlds together. It therefore, first, aims to present the arguments of this increasingly well-known French Marxist philosopher, sociologist, and pioneer of urban studies; second, to situate contemporary real estate development in the light of Lefebvre's work; and third, to analyse the potential application of Lefebvre’s work to each of the major components of contemporary real estate, to use Lefebvre's work in order to recommend practical action for developers, working alongside planners and architects, to influence the future of global real estate. As well as its direction at developers themselves, this book should be of interest to economists, real estate researchers and professionals, planners, urban studies scholars and, of course, to those interested in the application of Lefebvre's work to real estate.

In Defense of Housing
In Defense of Housing

Author: Peter Marcuse

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: 2024-08-27

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1804294942

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In every major city in the world there is a housing crisis. How did this happen and what can we do about it? Everyone needs and deserves housing. But today our homes are being transformed into commodities, making the inequalities of the city ever more acute. Profit has become more important than social need. The poor are forced to pay more for worse housing. Communities are faced with the violence of displacement and gentrification. And the benefits of decent housing are only available for those who can afford it. In Defense of Housing is the definitive statement on this crisis from leading urban planner Peter Marcuse and sociologist David Madden. They look at the causes and consequences of the housing problem and detail the need for progressive alternatives. The housing crisis cannot be solved by minor policy shifts, they argue. Rather, the housing crisis has deep political and economic roots—and therefore requires a radical response.

What Is Property? - Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government
What Is Property? - Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government

Author: Karl Marx

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2019-06-03

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13:

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"Property is theft!" is a slogan coined by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon in "What is Property?" By "property", Proudhon referred to a concept regarding land property that originated in Roman law. Proudhon's concept of "property" was criticized by Karl Marx who wrote that the expression "property is theft" is self-refuting and unnecessarily confusing, stating that "'theft' as a forcible violation of property presupposes the existence of property" and condemning Proudhon for entangling himself in "all sorts of fantasies, obscure even to himself, about true bourgeois property".

Marx's Economic Manuscript of 1864-1865
Marx's Economic Manuscript of 1864-1865

Author: Fred Moseley

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-09-29

Total Pages: 999

ISBN-13: 900430455X

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Marx’s only full draft of Volume III of Capital was written in the Economic Manuscript of 1864—1865. The Volume III that we know was heavily edited by Engels. It has been a long-standing question in Marxian scholarship whether or not there are significant differences between Marx’s original manuscript and Engels’s edited version. Marx’s manuscript was published for the first time in German in 1992 in the Marx/Engels Gesamtausgabe, Section II, Volume 4.2, but this important manuscript has not previously been translated into English. The publication of this English translation of Marx’s original manuscript is thus an important event in Marxian scholarship. English-speaking Marxist scholars can finally compare Engels’s Volume III with Marx’s original manuscript and evaluate for themselves the significance of the differences.

Social Theory and the Urban Question
Social Theory and the Urban Question

Author: Peter Saunders

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-02-01

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1135685916

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Social Theory and the Urban Question offers a guide to, and a critical evaluation of key themes in contemporary urban social theory, as well as a re-examination of more traditional approaches in the light of recent developments and criticism. Dr Saunders discusses current theoretical positions in the context of the work of Marx, Weber and Durkheim. He suggests that later writers have often misunderstood or ignored the arguments of these 'founding fathers' of the urban question. Dr Saunders uses his final chapter to apply the lessons learned from a review of their work in order to develop a new framework for urban social and political analysis. This book was first published in 1981.

Grundrisse
Grundrisse

Author: Karl Marx

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2005-11-24

Total Pages: 1086

ISBN-13: 0141194030

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Written during the winter of 1857-8, the Grundrisse was considered by Marx to be the first scientific elaboration of communist theory. A collection of seven notebooks on capital and money, it both develops the arguments outlined in the Communist Manifesto (1848) and explores the themes and theses that were to dominate his great later work Capital. Here, for the first time, Marx set out his own version of Hegel's dialectics and developed his mature views on labour, surplus value and profit, offering many fresh insights into alienation, automation and the dangers of capitalist society. Yet while the theories in Grundrisse make it a vital precursor to Capital, it also provides invaluable descriptions of Marx's wider-ranging philosophy, making it a unique insight into his beliefs and hopes for the foundation of a communist state.

Karl Marx, Frederick Engels
Karl Marx, Frederick Engels

Author: Karl Marx

Publisher:

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 866

ISBN-13:

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Vols. 35-37 contain volumes I, II, and III of Das Kapital. Vols. 36-37, 48-50 prepared jointly by Lawrence & Wishart Ltd., London, International Publishers, and Progress Publishing Group Corp., Moscow, in collaboration with the Russian Independent Institute of Social and National Problems. Vols. 38-41 published: Moscow : Progress Publishers. Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Modern Chinese Real Estate Law
Modern Chinese Real Estate Law

Author: Gregory M. Stein

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-15

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1317094719

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With massive growth taking place in the real estate industry, how can China develop a free market and private ownership of land while still officially subscribing to Communist ideology? This study uses fieldwork interviews to establish how the Chinese real estate market operates in practice from both legal and business perspectives. It describes how the market functions, which laws are applicable and how they are applied, and how a nation can achieve dramatic economic growth so rapidly while its legal system is so unsettled. The book demonstrates how China is drawing on the world for ideas while retaining a domestic system that remains essentially Chinese, and how the recent revitalization of China's real estate market has confounded the predictions of many developments economists.

Race, Real Estate, and Uneven Development
Race, Real Estate, and Uneven Development

Author: Kevin Fox Gotham

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2002-07-18

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780791453773

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Examines how the real estate industry and federal housing policy facilitate the development of racial residential segregation.

Marxism, Modernity and Postcolonial Studies
Marxism, Modernity and Postcolonial Studies

Author: Crystal Bartolovich

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-07-11

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9780521890595

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At a time when even much of the political left seems to believe that transnational capitalism is here to stay, Marxism, Modernity and Postcolonial Studies refuses to accept the inevitability of the so-called 'New World Order'. By giving substantial attention to topics such as globalisation, racism, and modernity, it provides a specifically Marxist intervention into postcolonial and cultural studies. An international team of contributors locate a common ground of issues engaging Marxist and postcolonial critics alike. Arguing that Marxism is not the inflexible, monolithic irrelevance some critics assume it to be, this collection aims to open avenues of debate - especially on the crucial concept of 'modernity' - which have been closed off by the widespread neglect of Marxist analysis in postcolonial studies. Politically focused, at times polemical and always provocative, this book is a major contribution to contemporary debates on literary theory, cultural studies, and the definition of postcolonial studies.