Publics and the City
RGS-IBG Book Series
1. Auflage Mai 2007
264 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-1-4051-2732-5
John Wiley & Sons
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 democracy
List of Illustrations.
Acknowledgements.
1 The Problem with Public Space.
2 Publics and the City.
3 Making a Claim: The Regulation of Protest at Parliament House,
Canberra.
4 Cruising: Governing Beat Sex in Melbourne.
5 Making a Name: Writing Graffiti in Sydney.
6 "No Fun. No Hope. Don't Belong." : Re-making "Public Space" in
Neo-liberal Perth.
7 Justifying Exclusion: Keeping Men out of the Ladies'
Baths, Sydney.
8 Imagining the Public City: Concluding Reflections.
Bibliography.
Index
Acknowledgements.
1 The Problem with Public Space.
2 Publics and the City.
3 Making a Claim: The Regulation of Protest at Parliament House,
Canberra.
4 Cruising: Governing Beat Sex in Melbourne.
5 Making a Name: Writing Graffiti in Sydney.
6 "No Fun. No Hope. Don't Belong." : Re-making "Public Space" in
Neo-liberal Perth.
7 Justifying Exclusion: Keeping Men out of the Ladies'
Baths, Sydney.
8 Imagining the Public City: Concluding Reflections.
Bibliography.
Index
"Rich and varied case studies make the material accessible ... .An
original, engaging, and interesting contribution to debates about
the uses, meanings, and urban dimensions of public address and
public space." (American Journal of Sociobiology, February
2010)
"An important book ... .Compelling." (Progress in Human
Geography, February 2010)
"Iveson clearly demonstrates why issues of publicness
should be of concern to all geographers, and he suggests that there
is too much at stake to accept existing normative assumptions about
the decline of the public sphere." (Cultural
Geographies, October 2008)
"A fascinating and well argued book which convincingly explores the
relationship between the public sphere - or publicness
- and the city. It is an engaging and fruitful conversation
between urban studies and critical social theories of the public
sphere, which draws on a series of illuminating case
studies."
Allan Cochrane, Open University
"Urban public spaces are arenas of political action but also of
both public and private efforts to manage popular behaviour. This
series of engaging Australian case studies and insightful analyses
helps clarify both sets of issues. It should be of interest to
everyone who cares about urban life, popular politics, and the
intersection of place and identity."
Craig Calhoun, NYU
original, engaging, and interesting contribution to debates about
the uses, meanings, and urban dimensions of public address and
public space." (American Journal of Sociobiology, February
2010)
"An important book ... .Compelling." (Progress in Human
Geography, February 2010)
"Iveson clearly demonstrates why issues of publicness
should be of concern to all geographers, and he suggests that there
is too much at stake to accept existing normative assumptions about
the decline of the public sphere." (Cultural
Geographies, October 2008)
"A fascinating and well argued book which convincingly explores the
relationship between the public sphere - or publicness
- and the city. It is an engaging and fruitful conversation
between urban studies and critical social theories of the public
sphere, which draws on a series of illuminating case
studies."
Allan Cochrane, Open University
"Urban public spaces are arenas of political action but also of
both public and private efforts to manage popular behaviour. This
series of engaging Australian case studies and insightful analyses
helps clarify both sets of issues. It should be of interest to
everyone who cares about urban life, popular politics, and the
intersection of place and identity."
Craig Calhoun, NYU
Kurt Iveson is Lecturer in Urban Geography at the University of Sydney, Australia.
