TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Unlocking the mind-trap: politicising urban theory and practice
JO  - Urban studies
A1  - Swyngedouw, Erik
SP  - 55
EP  - 61
VL  - 54
IS  - 1
N2  - This contribution offers a critical engagement with the Critical Commentary paper of Beveridge and Koch (2017) entitled 'The postpolitical trap? Reflections on politics, agency and the city'. I argue that post-politicisation as a particular form of de-politicisation does not imply the disappearance of politics. On the contrary, it involves the re-ordering of the modalities of politics (contentious or otherwise) and of the possibilities of the political with far-reaching consequences for the modalities of egalitarian and emancipatory urban change. I explore the key contours of the post-politicisation argument and develop the thesis that 'the political' can never be foreclosed fully.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0042-0980
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098016671475
ID  - ref1
ER  -