Negotiating urban conflicts : interaction, space and control. Helmuth Berking . (ed.)

Berking, Helmuth [Herausgeber]:

ISBN 10: 3899424638 / ISBN 13: 9783899424638

Published by Bielefeld : Transcript, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Negotiating urban conflicts : interaction, space and control. Helmuth Berking . (ed.)
• Publisher: Bielefeld : Transcript
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3899424638
• ISBN 13: 9783899424638
• Binding: 8° , Broschiert
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 658 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • 10.) Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

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Synopsis

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 marginalisation and violence. The struggle over control of urban spaces is an ambivalent mode of 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 analyses modes of negotiation against the theoretical background of postcolonialism.

About the Author

Helmuth Berking, Sybille Frank, Lars Frers, Martina Low, Lars Meier, Silke Steets, and Sergej Stoetzer are professors and researchers at Darmstadt University.