Abstract
ABSTRACTThis review article discusses the work of Mike Davis, concentrating mainly on his books on urban issues in general, and on Los Angeles in particular. His two books, City of Quartz and Ecology of Fear were best-sellers, and were also widely acclaimed by academics, but they created controversy over some of his claims and his alleged misuse of sources. Much of the controversy is explained by Davis's ambiguous balancing of academic research and reportage, but this can also act as a prism through which to evaluate interpretations of the postmodern city, and indeed the current politicised debate over decentralisation and the future of big cities. Davis's recent book, Dead Cities, is reviewed in the context of this larger body of work, representing as it does a coming together of his urban concerns with his wider environmental agenda. The contradictions of capitalist urbanisation continue to be explored through the intertwined themes of social and environmental fragility.
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