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Owning the City: Property Rights in Authoritarian Regimes

Owning the City: Property Rights in Authoritarian Regimes

Olive, Marsha McGraw

Hardcover

Series: Understanding Europe: The Council for European Studies Book, Book 15

Real EstateUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 1788214684
ISBN13: 9781788214681
Publisher: Agenda Publishing
Published: Jul 7 2022
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.05
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Competition between democratic and authoritarian systems is playing out in global cities, where real property rights influence regime legitimacy and economic performance. Two questions inspire debate.Why does the property-owning middle class, which was integral to democratic development in the West, support illiberal governments? Do differences between political systems affect the success of global cities?

Marsha McGraw Olive unravels these questions by comparing urban land governance in Europe and Eurasia. Democracies largely, but not exclusively, perform better than hybrid or authoritarian regimes on real property rights, land-related regulations, and citizen engagement in urban planning. Case studies of Moscow and Istanbul show that urban real property is fundamental to regime stability, bringing wealth to average citizens and favoured elites. This formula, perfected by President Putin, bestows economic but not political benefits to middle-class property owners.

The book argues that all cities need to improve land governance to cope with twenty-first century urban challenges. Cities that respect property rights and put citizens at the centre of urban planning achieve better outcomes. In contrast, illiberal leaders who rely on opaque property deals are inciting public backlash and slowing economic growth. In the global political competition, real property rights are a chink in the authoritarian armour.

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