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  • Why Public Space Matters

    par Setha Low ...
    Drawing from decades of research, Setha Low shows how public space contributes to a flourishing society through promoting social justice and democratic practices. Thriving public spaces also enhance creativity, health, urban resilience, and environmental sustainability. Yet more than ever, public spaces across the world are threatened by urban development, privatization and neglect. Public spaces ... En savoir plus

    $27.59 CAD

  • Beach Politics

    Social, Racial, and Environmental Injustice on the Shoreline

    Modifié par Setha Low ...
    Explores how elites restrict access to public beaches around the globeBeaches are a beloved form of public space. Yet there has been an alarming global trend of restricting access to public sections of beaches to ensure that waterfront property owners can enjoy the shoreline exclusively or develop the land for commercial use.Beach Politics examines how over the past forty years, privatization of ... En savoir plus

    $27.49 CAD

  • Spatializing Culture

    The Ethnography of Space and Place

    par Setha Low ...
    This book demonstrates the value of ethnographic theory and methods in understanding space and place, and considers how ethnographically-based spatial analyses can yield insight into prejudices, inequalities and social exclusion as well as offering people the means for understanding the places where they live, work, shop and socialize. In developing the concept of spatializing culture, Setha Low ... En savoir plus

    $83.99 CAD

  • The People, Place, and Space Reader

    Modifié par Jen Jack Gieseking, William Mangold, Cindi Katz, Setha Low, Susan Saegert ...
    The People, Place, and Space Reader brings together the writings of scholars, designers, and activists from a variety of fields to make sense of the makings and meanings of the world we inhabit. They help us to understand the relationships between people and the environment at all scales, and to consider the active roles individuals, groups, and social structures play in creating the environments ... En savoir plus

    $159.99 CAD

  • Trapped

    Life under Security Capitalism and How to Escape It

    par Mark Maguire, Setha Low ...
    Exploring the pernicious influence of security capitalism on neighborhoods, airports, cities, and states.Calls to defund the police or to stop brutal police violence, argue Mark Maguire and Setha Low, will never succeed as long as there are those who enjoy and take comfort in security capitalism. Security capitalism can be recognized by the marks it leaves on society, remaking public space in its ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • Spaces of Security

    Ethnographies of Securityscapes, Surveillance, and Control

    Modifié par Setha Low, Mark Maguire ...
    An ethnographic investigation into the dynamics between space and security in countries around the worldIt is difficult to imagine two contexts as different as a soccer stadium and a panic room. Yet, they both demonstrate dynamics of the interplay between security and space. This book focuses on the infrastructures of security, considering locations as varied as public entertainment venues to ... En savoir plus

    $29.69 CAD

  • Volume 3: Public Space and Mobility

    par Neluka Leanage, Deden Rukmana, Harya S Dillon, Nicholas Scott, Quoc Dinh Phuong, Lakshmi Priyara Jendran, Eunice Castro Seixas, João Teixeira Lopes, Lígia Ferro, Alice Corble, Louise Meijering, Arlinde Dul, Tess Osborne, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Setha Low, Peter Massini, Meredith Whitten, Rubén Casas, Anaid Yerena, Conor Wilson, Julian Dobson, Lucas Melgaço, Mattias de Backer, Stijn Oosterlynck, Luce Beeckmans, Amelia Thorpe, Alexandra Flynn, Ute Lehrer, Loren March ...
    Collections series Global Reflections on COVID-19 and Urban Inequalities
    COVID-19 is an invisible threat that has hugely impacted cities and their inhabitants. Yet its impact is very visible, perhaps most so in urban public spaces and spaces of mobility.This international volume explores the transformations of public space and public transport in response to COVID-19 across the world, both those resulting from official governmental regulations and from everyday ... En savoir plus

    $25.99 CAD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and the City

    Modifié par Setha Low ...
    Collections series Routledge Anthropology Handbooks
    The Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and the City provides a comprehensive study of current and future urban issues on a global and local scale. Premised on an ‘engaged’ approach to urban anthropology, the volume adopts a thematic approach that covers a wide range of modern urban issues, with a particular focus on those of high public interest. Topics covered include security, displacement, ... En savoir plus

    $96.18 CAD

  • Behind the Gates

    Life, Security, and the Pursuit of Happiness in Fortress America

    par Setha Low ...
    In the last twenty years, thousands upon thousands of the upper and middle classes have retreated into gated communities. In 2002 it is estimated that one in eight Americans will live in these exclusive neighborhoods. What has sparked this alarming trend?Behind the Gates is Low's revealing account of what life is like inside these suburban fortresses. After years researching and interviewing ... En savoir plus

    $101.68 CAD

  • The Politics of Public Space

    Modifié par Setha Low, Neil Smith ...
    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 ... En savoir plus

    $101.99 CAD

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    City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity

    par Jay Pitter, John Lorinc ...
    How do we build cities where we aren't just living within the same urban space, but living together?Greater Toronto is now home to a larger proportion of foreign-born residents than any other major global metropolis. Not surprisingly, city officials rarely miss an opportunity to tout the region’s ethno-cultural neighbourhoods. Yet there’s strong evidence that the GTA is experiencing widening socio ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Urban Sociology

    A Global Introduction

    par Mark Abrahamson ...
    This concise yet comprehensive overview of the political and economic development of the world's cities offers a unique emphasis on its cultural impacts. The book emphasizes the transition from modern (industrial) to post-modern (post-industrial) eras and its effect on established and developing global cities, and arguments are supported with case studies for each of the main concepts of urban ... En savoir plus

    $53.99 CAD