Screen LibraryThe politics of public space
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| Group Author: | ; |
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| Published: |
Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | vii, 185 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0415951380 (hb : alk. paper) 0415951399 (pb : alk. paper) 9780415951388 (hb : alk. paper) 9780415951395 (pb : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | C912 |
| CLC: |
C912.81-532 C912.6-532 C912-532 |
| Call Number: | C912-532/P769/[2005?] |
| Contents: |
"This volume grew out of a conference held at the CUNY Graduate Center ... co-sponsored by the CUNY Public Space Research Group and the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics located at the Graduate Center, and by the Alen Institute"--Pref. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: the imperative of public space / Neil Smith and Setha Low -- The political economy of public space / David Harvey -- Building the American way: public subsidy, private space / Dolores Hayden -- Appropriating "the commons": the tragedy of property rights discourse / Elizabeth Blackmar -- How private interests take over public space: zoning, taxes, and incorporation of gated communities / Setha Low -- Power, space, and terror: social reproduction and the public environment / Cindi Katz -- Geography of fear: crime and the transformation of public space in post-apartheid South Afri |