Constructing Community: Configurations of the Social in Contemporary Philosophy and Urbanism

by Brian Elliott and Brian Elliott Assistant Professor of Philosophy Portland State University USA

Constructing Community is a provocative and original analysis of the question of urban politics in contemporary liberal democracies.This book examines community from the particular perspective of the shaping and control of urban space in contemporary liberal democracies. Further, it offers a strong case for reconsidering current debates on democratic politics in light of the connection between political power and the control of public space...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739139665
• ISBN13: 9780739139660
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"