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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154582503321

Titolo

A city of one's own : blurring the boundaries between private and public / / edited by Sophie Body-Gendrot, Jacques Carre, Romain Garbaye

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-26399-8

9781315263991

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations, tables

Altri autori (Persone)

Body-GendrotSophie

CarreJacques

GarbayeRomain

Disciplina

322.4306273

Soggetti

Citizens' associations - United States

Citizens' associations - Great Britain

Neighborhood government - United States

Neighborhood government - Great Britain

Community organization - United States

Community organization - Great Britain

Public-private sector cooperation - United States

Public-private sector cooperation - Great Britain

Community power - United States

Community power - Great Britain

Political participation - United States

Political participation - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2008 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Planning -- pt. 2. Housing -- pt. 3. Security -- pt. 4. Health -- pt. 5. Education -- pt. 6. Citizenship.

Sommario/riassunto

This book highlights the citizens' continuous participation in a wide range of urban affairs, especially outside institutional frameworks. It brings together an interdisciplinary team of French, British and American academics who examine the long and rich history of participation or partnership in British and American urban life (with



additional reference to France), showing that both private interests and community groups have long been involved in local policies. Utilizing the concept of governance as the main theoretical framework, the book explores how Western governments and local authorities have negotiated the difficult task of defining the borders between the territories of private and public actors and also in defining the boundaries of state intervention and public interest. Focusing on the blurring of these boundaries, this book presents a re-examination of how cities were developed, both past and present.