The politics of public space
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The politics of public space
Routledge, 2006
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"This volume grew out of a conference held at the City Uiversity of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center ... cosponsored by the CUNY Public Space Research Group and the Center for Place, Culture and Politics located at the Graduate Center, and by the Van Alen Institute."--Pref
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Why is public space disappearing? Why is this disappearance important to democratic politics and how has it become an international phenomenon? Public spaces are no longer democratic spaces, but instead centres of private commerce and consumption, and even surveillance and police control. "The Politics of Public Space" extends the focus of current work on public space to include a consideration of the transnational - in the sense of moving people and transformations in the nation or state - to expand our definition of the 'public' and public space. Ultimately, public spaces are one of the last democratic forums for public dissent in a civil society. Without these significant central public spaces, individuals cannot directly participate in conflict resolution. "The Politics of Public Space" assembles a superb list of contributors to explore the important political dimensions of public space as a place where conflicts over cultural and political objectives become concrete.
Table of Contents
1. Power, Space, And Terror: Social Reproduction and the Public Environment, Cindi Katz2. The Politics of Fear: Strategies of Exclusion in Gated Communities, Setha Low3. Transnationalizing the Public Sphere, Nancy Fraser4. Geography of Fear: Crime and the Transformation of Public Space in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Ashley Dawson5. Clean And Safe? Property Redevelopment, Public Space And Homelessness In Downtown San Diego, Don Mitchell and Lynn Staeheli6. Building the American Way: Public Subsidy, Private Space, Dolores Hayden7. The Political Economy of Public Space: Paris in the Second Empire, David Harvey8. Appropriating 'The Commons': The Tragedy of Property Rights Discourse, Elizabeth Blackmar9. Floating Spaces, Electric Spheres: Film Festivals and the Global-Local Politics of Public Space and Public Spheres, Cindy Wong
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