Publics and the City

<i>Publics and the City</i> investigates struggles over the making of urban publics, considering how the production, management and regulation of ‘public spaces’ has emerged as a problem for both urban politics and urban theory. <br /> <ul> <li style=”list-style: none”><br /> </li> <li>Advances a new framework for considering the diverse spatialities of publicness in relation to the city<br /> </li> <li>Argues that a city’s contribution to the making of publics goes beyond the provision of places for public gathering<br /> </li> <li>Examines a series of detailed case studies<br /> </li> <li>Looks at the relationship between urbanism, public spheres, and democracy</li> </ul>