The Politics of Public Space

by Neil Smith

Book Overview

Why is public space disappearing? Why is this disappearance important to democratic politics and how has it become an international phenomenon? Public spaces are no longer democratic spaces, but instead centres of private commerce and consumption, and even surveillance and police control. "The Politics of Public Space" extends the focus of current work on public space to include a consideration of the transnational - in the sense of moving people...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415951399
• ISBN13: 9780415951395
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 8.9"