Post-revanchist cities?. Issue 7 (9th August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: DeVerteuil, Geoff
• Is Part Of: Urban geography. Volume 40:Issue 7(2019)
• Page Start: 1055
• Page End: 1061
• Publication Date: 2019-08-09
• Subjects: Revanchism -- Los Angeles -- NIMBY; Urban geography -- Periodicals; 307.76
• DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2019.1640034
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0272-3638

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This intervention focuses on how national-level rhetoric aimed at impugning "others" has thrived of late, but how concomitantly 1990s-style urban revanchism has faded in cities that were once punitive crucibles against the homeless. Using Los Angeles as case study, I argue that the recent trend has been to grudgingly support the homeless, increasingly via taxpayer initiatives, leading to a potential but stymied post-revanchist city. If the spirit of revanchism remains, it is through the persistent NIMBY opposition to housing the homeless.