Political Economy Urban Political Economy
Historical materialism Society is organized around
needs for material sustenance
Cities are organized around
needs for material sustenance
Structural premise Social organization (the division
of labor) as a contradictory
structure for capital
accumulation
Spatial relations (space,
geography) as a contradictory
structure for capital
accumulation
Forces of production Industrial capital Industrial capital and landed
capital (rentiers)
Antagonistic and contradictory
relations of production:
ownership versus non-
ownership
Capitalists versus workers Industrial and landed capital
(i.e., urban business
community) versus residents
Characteristic form of conflict Class conflict Urban conflict
Characteristic form of
stratification
Class Class (micro) and place
(macro: community of fate)
