Reconstructing yourself in a changing urban environment

24 October 2008

Mécanismes d'une crise

Une vision schématique de la crise financière et immobilière aux Etats-Unis: Des subprimes à la chute des Bourses, les mécanismes de la crise financière
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18 October 2008

Crossing the "borders" of urban politics: USA, France & Mexico


By crossing the borders between the United States, France and Mexico, as well as those between academic disciplines, this session will stress the use of comparisons as a tool for urban planners and scholars in the analysis of urban politics.


Today’s difficulty for specificity within urban comparisons in a global context can lead to misrepresentations. By crossing disciplines as well as national borders, an interdisciplinary perspective will highlight the uses and abuses of global comparisons and recognize its potentials in urban research and planning.

The panellists participating in this session on Comparative Urban Politics animating a discussion among faculty and students are:

Diane Davis: Professor of Political Sociology, head of the International Development Group.

Aseem Inam: Visiting Lecturer & urban designer.

Phillip Thompson: Associate Professor of Urban Politics

Thomas Watkin: PhD candidate in Sociology, EHESS (Visiting PhD at DUSP with the support from the Tec de Monterrey)