Spatial practices : critical explorations in social/spatial theory
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Spatial practices : critical explorations in social/spatial theory
Sage Publications, c1995
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Includes bibiliographical references and index
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Spatial Practices makes a timely and significant contribution to the growing literature on social/spatial theory. In it the notion of spacial practice takes on a rich and layered meaning for some of America's leading scholars as they critically link the theoretical practices of the space of their disciplines to the practical social space of everyday political and economic urban life. Original essays provide compelling insights into the space of racial politics, the unavoidability of recognizing a radical planning practice, and the imagistic face of the contemporary "figured" city. The reader will find rich conceptual tools presented in discussions that grapple with issues raised by the production of reduced public space in common interest developments and the ubiquitous mall, the ideologies of economic restructuring, the rhetorical politics of urban revitalization, and the analytic potential of the photo/text. Students and scholars interested in how spatial theory has enriched and renewed urban theory will find Spatial Practices invaluable. It will be useful in a wide range of classes across disciplines including urban studies, urban planning, architecture, political science, sociology, geography, economics, and policy studies. "This collection explores the exciting analytical edge where investigations of urban political economy converge with cultural studies. In their exploration of theory and practice as they relate to the production of space, the authors cover a dazzling range of topics. Yet despite their varying preoccupations, the essays merge into a unified inquiry that reveals the functions and meanings of contemporary spatial forms. All those who are interested in the forces shaping urban and regional development, as well as in the impact of space on social relations, must read this book." --Susan S. Fainstein, Rutgers University "Spatial Practices, at the very least, provokes consideration of how, for example, symbolic everyday and representational space are constituted through sites of everyday practice such as housing and the home." --Housing Studies
Table of Contents
Spatial Practices - Helen Liggett and David C Perry
An Introduction
Strategy and History in Professional Practice - Raphael Fischler
Planning as World Making
If Only the City Could Speak - Robert A Beauregard
The Politics of Representation
The Great Frame-Up - M Christine Boyer
Fantastic Appearances in Contemporary Spatial Politics
Black Politics on the Apollo's Stage - Stuart Alan Clarke
The Return of the Handkerchief Heads
The Rise of the New Walled Cities - Dennis R Judd
Regulation and Flexible Specialization as Theories of Capitalist Development - Richard A Walker
Challengers to Marx and Schumpeter?
Making Space - David C Perry
Planning as a Mode of Thought
City Sights/Sites of Memories and Dreams - Helen Liggett
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