{"product_id":"reluctant-capital-essays-on-kuala-lumpur","title":"Reluctant Capital: Essays on Kuala Lumpur","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReluctant Capital: Essays on Kuala Lumpur\u003c\/strong\u003e is a compact collection of essays on Malaysia's capital—a city that keeps building forward while never quite settling on what it wants to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBadrul Hisham Ismail reads Kuala Lumpur through the forces that have made it: state-led developmentalism, neoliberal reform and the politics of ethnic governance. Pairing critical urban theory with close, on-the-ground research, the essays move between masterplans that were drawn up and abandoned, megaprojects that drew public contest, and the communities pushed aside along the way. Set against the official story of progress, the result is a portrait of a capital in constant negotiation, where questions of belonging remain unsettled for many of the people who live there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEssays that combine critical urban theory with grounded field research\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA sustained focus on how policy and power translate into urban form\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAttention to displaced and marginalised communities alongside official narratives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA pocket-sized format suited to reading on the move\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat You'll Discover\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow developmentalism, neoliberal reform and ethnic governance have shaped Kuala Lumpur\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe afterlives of abandoned masterplans and contested megaprojects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere the city's inequalities are written into its streets and buildings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA grounded counterpoint to official accounts of progress\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBadrul Hisham Ismail is a Malaysian independent researcher and arts practitioner whose work crosses urban policy, democracy and storytelling, with a particular interest in inequality and everyday city life in Southeast Asia. He has led work on housing reform, made documentary and fiction films, and co-founded \u003cem\u003eSvara\u003c\/em\u003e magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Softcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 110 × 180 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 136\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9786299998556\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Suburbia Projects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect For:\u003c\/strong\u003e readers interested in Southeast Asian cities, urban politics and planning, and anyone who wants to look past the skyline of Kuala Lumpur.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Suburbia Projects","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50750683742433,"sku":"9786299998556","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1116\/0464\/files\/9786299998556.jpg?v=1791335845","url":"https:\/\/bookshopbyuro.com\/products\/reluctant-capital-essays-on-kuala-lumpur","provider":"Bookshop by Uro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}