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Macpherson’s use of democratic models is employed to contrast the ‘possessive-individualist city’ with the ‘developmental-democratic city.’ Themes addressed regarding the possessive-individualist city include gentrification and homelessness; global city rankings; ‘creative cities’; erosion of social services and public spaces within cities; and an urban consumerist ethos. Core features of a developmental-democratic model include retrieval of common property; robust urban citizenship; and an urban vision combining individualism and communalism.

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Cunningham, F. (2019). Urban Challenges. In: The Political Thought of C.B. Macpherson. Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94920-8_10

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