Rescaling Urban Poverty

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By advancing a comprehensive research program on homelessness and poverty, this work offers crucial insights into how state rescaling entraps homeless and impoverished individuals within the complex interplay of the state, society, public space, urban class relations, social movements, and capitalism. It examines three key perspectives—national states, public and private spaces, and urban social movements—revealing the hidden dynamics of rescaling that arise and are resisted at the margins of mainstream society and its housing systems. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Japanese cities, the author develops rich urban narratives through the lens of spatial regulation theory, metabolism theory, state theory, and critical housing theory, effectively bridging classical and contemporary ideas. This approach appeals to diverse audiences in geography, sociology, urban studies, and political economy. The book uncovers the intricate dynamics of state rescaling that ensnare homeless individuals at the periphery of societal norms and housing classes. It explores the evolving spatial strategies of unhoused people as they carve out spaces of emancipation, addressing the complexities of class politics and survival economies, making it a significant contribution to understanding urban social movements.