02663nam 2200661Ia 450 991095404000332120240513193526.0979-82-16-34667-81-282-82001-X97866128200140-7391-3968-1(CKB)2670000000059507(EBL)662274(OCoLC)669497293(SSID)ssj0000414753(PQKBManifestationID)12130719(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414753(PQKBWorkID)10408838(PQKB)11621388(Au-PeEL)EBL662274(CaPaEBR)ebr10421472(CaONFJC)MIL282001(MiAaPQ)EBC662274(EXLCZ)99267000000005950720100514d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConstructing community configurations of the social in contemporary philosophy and urbanism /Brian Elliott1st ed.Lanham 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 Brian1969-1856361MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954040003321Constructing community4455137UNINA