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Special Issue: Promoting Social Justice and Equity in Shrinking Cities
Guest Editor: Robert Mark Silverman
Submission Deadlines:
Abstracts – December 19, 2016
Full Manuscripts – May 15, 2017
There is an expanding body of scholarship focusing on shrinking cities. The phenomenon is global, with notable examples in Europe, North America, Asia, and other parts of the world. Past research has examined
shrinking cities in reference to spatial patterns, demographic shifts, deindustrialization, governance, and urban policy. There is also growing literature focused on the theoretical underpinnings of shrinking cities which questions the salience of existing
urban growth paradigms. A common, but underdeveloped, thread in the literature on shrinking cities involves the challenges of promoting social justice and equity. Paradoxically, there is a tendency for society’s most vulnerable groups to be concentrated in
shrinking cities, while many policies adopted to promote revitalization in these places fail to address the pressing needs of the poor, aging, and dispossessed. Instead, efforts to revitalize shrinking cities mirror societal trends toward increased social
and class polarization that have come to characterize urbanization in the neoliberal era.
The goal of this special issue of the
Journal of Urban Affairs (JUA), is to reframe the discussion of shrinking cities, placing an emphasis on the analysis of policies to promote social justice
and equity. The special issue will include a mix of manuscripts that appeal to the
JUA’s growing global readership. Submissions that critically examine urban policy and governance in shrinking cities with a particular focus on approaches to urban revitalization that embrace redistributive
justice are sought. Within this framework, empirical and theoretical papers are welcome that focus on challenges shrinking cities face related to:
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affordable housing
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education
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social welfare policy
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public safety and policing
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environment and public health
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neighborhood revitalization
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community organizing and empowerment
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race and ethnic relations
To be considered for publication in this special issue, abstracts (150 words) should be submitted to
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December 19, 2016. Include a proposed title and contact information for the corresponding author with the abstract. Manuscripts invited for submission are due by
May 15, 2017. All manuscripts invited for submission will go through the regular journal review process. Please follow the
JUA Author Guidelines:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291467-9906/homepage/ForAuthors.html.