02632nam 2200637Ia 450 991078532810332120230207213923.01-282-82001-X97866128200140-7391-3968-1(CKB)2670000000059507(EBL)662274(OCoLC)669497293(SSID)ssj0000414753(PQKBManifestationID)12130719(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414753(PQKBWorkID)10408838(PQKB)11621388(MiAaPQ)EBC662274(Au-PeEL)EBL662274(CaPaEBR)ebr10421472(CaONFJC)MIL282001(EXLCZ)99267000000005950720100514d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConstructing community[electronic resource] configurations of the social in contemporary philosophy and urbanism /Brian ElliottLanham Lexington Booksc20101 online resource (272 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-6784-3 0-7391-3966-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One; Theories of Community; Chapter One; Habermas and Dialogical Community; Chapter Two; Singular Community; Chapter Three; Dissenting Community; Part Two; Urbanism and Community; Chapter Four; New Urbanism; Chapter Five; Postmodern Urbanism; Chapter Six; Dialectical Utopianism; Bibliography; About the AuthorConstructing Community is a provocative and original analysis of the question of urban politics in contemporary liberal democracies.This book examines community from the particular perspective of the shaping and control of urban space in contemporary liberal democracies. Further, it offers a strong case for reconsidering current debates on democratic politics in light of the connection between political power and the control of public space and the built environment.CommunitiesPublic spacesPower (Social sciences)DemocracyCommunities.Public spaces.Power (Social sciences)Democracy.307.7671.14bclElliott Brian1969-1475565MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785328103321Constructing community3689802UNINA