Iveson Publics and the City

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-8136-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: RGS-IBG Book Series

Publics and the City investigates struggles over the makingof urban publics, considering how the production, management andregulation of 'public spaces' has emerged as a problemfor both urban politics and urban theory.

* * Advances a new framework for considering the diversespatialities of publicness in relation to the city

* Argues that a city's contribution to the making ofpublics goes beyond the provision of places for publicgathering

* Examines a series of detailed case studies

* Looks at the relationship between urbanism, public spheres, anddemocracy

Autoren/Hrsg.

Iveson, Kurt

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations.
Acknowledgements.
1 The Problem with Public Space.
2 Publics and the City.
3 Making a Claim: The Regulation of Protest at Parliament House,Canberra.
4 Cruising: Governing Beat Sex in Melbourne.
5 Making a Name: Writing Graffiti in Sydney.
6 "No Fun. No Hope. Don't Belong." : Re-making "Public Space" inNeo-liberal Perth.
7 Justifying Exclusion: Keeping Men out of the Ladies'Baths, Sydney.
8 Imagining the Public City: Concluding Reflections.
Bibliography.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kurt Iveson is Lecturer in Urban Geography at the University of Sydney, Australia.