Negotiating Urban Conflicts Interaction, Space and Control

Negotiating Urban Conflicts Interaction, Space and Control

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Cities have always been arenas of social and symbolic conflict. As places of encounter between different classes, ethnic groups, and lifestyles, cities play the role of powerful integrators; yet on the other hand urban contexts are the ideal setting for marginalization and violence. The struggle ove...

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Other Authors: Berking, Helmuth (Editor), Frank, Sybille (Editor), Frers, Lars (Editor), Löw, Martina (Editor), Meier, Lars (Editor), Steets, Silke (Editor), Stoetzer, Sergej (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2006
Series:Materialitäten
Subjects:
Sociology
Conflict
Postcolonialism
City
Space
Place
Urbanity
Social Inequality
Neoliberalism
Urban Studies
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Summary:Cities have always been arenas of social and symbolic conflict. As places of encounter between different classes, ethnic groups, and lifestyles, cities play the role of powerful integrators; yet on the other hand urban contexts are the ideal setting for marginalization and violence. The struggle over control of urban spaces is an ambivalent mode of sociation: while producing themselves, groups produce exclusive spaces and then, in turn, use the boundaries they have created to define themselves. This volume presents major urban conflicts and analyzes modes of negotiation against the theoretical background of postcolonialism.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (308 p.)
ISBN:9783839404638
9783899424638
Access:Open Access

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