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Negotiating Urban Conflicts: Interaction, Space and Control
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Abstract 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... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
urban sociology; town; urban research; urbanity; social inequality; post-colonialism
Classification
Economic and Social Geography
Sociology of Settlements and Housing, Urban Sociology
Free Keywords
City; Conflict; Neoliberalism; Place; Postcolonialism; Social Inequality; Sociology; Space; Urban Studies; Urbanity
Document language
English
Publication Year
2006
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
308 p.
Series
Materialities, 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839404638
ISBN
978-3-8394-0463-8
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0