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Cities and citizenship : Surviving the 21st century
- Matthew Taylor is the Chief Executive of the RSA.
- Lord Mawson is founder and President of the renowned Bromley by Bow Centre in east London and Co-founder and President of Community Action Network (CAN), a national charity supporting 850…
- Lord Mawson is founder and President of the renowned Bromley by Bow Centre in east London and Co-founder and President of Community Action Network (CAN), a national charity supporting 850…
Cape Town after apartheid : Crime and governance in the divided city
Abstract from the publisher : Reveals how liberal democracy and free-market economics reproduce the inequalities of apartheid in Cape Town, South Africa Nearly two decades after the dismantling of apartheid in South Africa, how different does the…
Ségrégation et justice spatiale
Alors que depuis quelques années, une réflexion s'est développée sur le concept de justice spatiale, cet ouvrage a pour ambition de contribuer au renouveau des analyses portant plus spécifiquement sur les liens entre ségrégation urbaine et justice,…
City and soul in divided societies
Abstract from the publisher: In this unique book Scott A. Bollens combines personal narrative with academic analysis in telling the story of inflammatory nationalistic and ethnic conflict in nine cities – Jerusalem, Beirut, Belfast,…
La Ville à l’épreuve de la démocratie
Trois jours d’échanges, de débats et de retours d’expériences qui se sont déroulés à la Friche Belle de mai les 25, 26 et 27 octobre dernier. Un colloque proposé par l’université populaire « Pensons le matin »
Il s’agissait pour ce colloque de…
Il s’agissait pour ce colloque de…
Detroit divided
Abstract from the publisher: Unskilled workers once flocked to Detroit, attracted by manufacturing jobs paying union wages, but the passing of Detroit's manufacturing heyday has left many of those workers stranded. Manufacturing continues to employ…
Muslims in Indian cities: Trajectories of marginalisation
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Muslims constitute the largest minority in India yet, surprisingly, they suffer the most politically and socioeconomically. Forced to contend with severe and persistent prejudice, they often fall victim to violence and…
Everyday life in the segmented city
Abstract from the publisher: This volume of "Research in Urban Sociology" is composed of a selection of the papers presented at the conference "Everyday Life in the Segmented City" held in July 2010, Florence. The conference…
Justice and the American metropolis
Abstract from the publisher : Today’s American cities and suburbs are the sites of “thick injustice”—unjust power relations that are deeply and densely concentrated as well as opaque and seemingly intractable. Thick…
Securing the city : Neoliberalism, space, and insecurity in postwar Guatemala
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Unprecedented crime rates have made Guatemala City one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Following a peace process that ended Central America’s longest and bloodiest civil war and impelled the transition…
Cities and sovereignty : Identity politics in urban spaces
Abstract from the publisher : Space, governance, and ethnic conflict in contested cities Cities have long been associated with diversity and tolerance, but from Jerusalem to Belfast to the Basque Country, many of the most intractable conflicts of…
Berlin : Divided city, 1945 - 1989
Abstract from the publisher : A great deal of attention continues to focus on Berlin’s cultural and political landscape after the fall of the Berlin Wall, but as yet, no single volume looks at the divided city through an interdisciplinary…
The Architecture and memory of the minority quarter in the Muslim Mediterranean city
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A collaborative work among historians, literary specialists, and architects, this collection is directed at filling the gap in our knowledge about minority neighborhoods in the southern Mediterranean.
A series of…
Frontiers and identities : Cities in regions and nations
From the preface : Frontiers and Identities: Cities in Regions and Nations, edited by Professors Luďa Klusáková and Laure Teulières, is the third volume published by the Thematic Work Group 5 of the pan-European Network of…
Aimons la ville !
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Faire la ville, nous pensons savoir, la gérer sans doute aussi, mais comment pourrions-nous "faire aimer la ville" ? C’est pourtant cette expérience urbaine de chacun qui…