Abstract
In recent geographic and urban discourse, neoliberalism increasingly appears as an explanatory framework for a range of spatial phenomena, including gated communities. This article compares the form and function of gated communities in Israel and Canada to illustrate how locally and historically contingent development processes and cultural understandings intersect and interact with globalizing practices and regional manifestations of neoliberal policies. In so doing, it explores the way that global and local processes collectively produce gated communities with varying regional expressions.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 575-589 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Annals of the Association of American Geographers |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors are grateful for funding support for the research from the Social Sciences and Humanities Re- search Council of Canada, the Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies, and the Israel Association for Canadian Studies. Thanks to research assistants Blake Laven, Kirstin Maxwell, and Katherine Perrott for help with data collection, and to the journal’s reviewers and editors for challenging and helpful suggestions.
Keywords
- Canada
- Culture
- Gated communities
- Israel
- Neoliberalism