Monthly Archives: October 2010

A Sorry State: Apology Excepted

Marv Waterstone University of Arizona  Sarah de Leeuw University of Northern British Columbia    Hegemony is a preferred mode of governance. Because it relies more heavily on consent than on coercion, it tends to produce a more willing, and less
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  • Volume 3, Number 3 (2010)

“Martial Law in the Streets of Toronto”: G20 Security and State Violence

Neil Smith City University of New York Deborah Cowen University of Toronto  This paper examines the events, microgeography and broader context of the effective siege of downtown Toronto by Canadian security forces during the June 2010 meeting of the G20,
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  • Volume 3, Number 3 (2010)

Bailing out the Wealthy: Responses to the Financial Crisis, Ponzi Neoliberalism, and the City

Alan Walks University of Toronto This article seeks to critically examine public policy response to the global financial crisis in the core of the developed world, and to understand the likely implications of this set of policy responses for the
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  • Volume 3, Number 3 (2010)