Publics and the city [[electronic resource] /] / Kurt Iveson

• Autore: Iveson Kurt
• 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
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: RGS-IBG book series.