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Autore: | Iveson Kurt |
Titolo: | Publics and the city [[electronic resource] /] / Kurt Iveson |
Pubblicazione: | Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
Disciplina: | 307.1/2160994 |
307.12160994 | |
Soggetto topico: | City planning - Australia |
Public spaces - Australia | |
Urban policy - Australia | |
City and town life - Australia | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-246) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | The problem with public space -- Publics and the city -- Making a claim : the regulation of protest at Parliament House, Canberra -- Cruising : governing beat sex in Melbourne -- Making a name : writing graffiti in Sydney -- 'No fun, no hope, don't belong' : re-making 'public space' in neo-liberal Perth -- Justifying exclusion : keeping men out of the ladies' baths, Sydney -- Imagining the public city : concluding reflections. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Publics and the City investigates struggles over the making of urban publics, considering how the production, management and regulation of 'public spaces' has emerged as a problem for both urban politics and urban theory. Advances a new framework for considering the diverse spatialities of publicness in relation to the city Argues that a city's contribution to the making of publics goes beyond the provision of places for public gathering Examines a series of detailed case studies Looks at the relationship between urbanism, public spheres, and demo |
Titolo autorizzato: | Publics and the city |
ISBN: | 1-280-93246-5 |
9786610932467 | |
1-4443-2510-8 | |
0-470-76174-1 | |
1-4051-8136-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 996205343903316 |
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