The Right to the City: Social Justice and the Fight for Public SpaceGuilford Press, 2012 M02 21 - 270 pages Includes a 2014 Postscript addressing Occupy Wall Street and other developments. Efforts to secure the American city have life-or-death implications, yet demands for heightened surveillance and security throw into sharp relief timeless questions about the nature of public space, how it is to be used, and under what conditions. Blending historical and geographical analysis, this book examines the vital relationship between struggles over public space and movements for social justice in the United States. Don Mitchell explores how political dissent gains meaning and momentum--and is regulated and policed--in the real, physical spaces of the city. A series of linked cases provides in-depth analyses of early twentieth-century labor demonstrations, the Free Speech Movement and the history of People's Park in Berkeley, contemporary anti-abortion protests, and efforts to remove homeless people from urban streets. |
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Page vii
... Violence, Order, and the Contradictions of Public Space 51 Disorder, Violence, and the Legal Construction of Public Space before World War I 54 Making Dissent Safe for Democracy 58 Regulating Public Forums 71 Conclusion 74 Chapter 3 ...
... Violence, Order, and the Contradictions of Public Space 51 Disorder, Violence, and the Legal Construction of Public Space before World War I 54 Making Dissent Safe for Democracy 58 Regulating Public Forums 71 Conclusion 74 Chapter 3 ...
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... declared by no less than the Supreme Court of the United States to be a violent act . If , as Anthony Vidler suggests , the idea of public space and its role in urban life needs to be preserved , then we 4 THE RIGHT TO THE CITY.
... declared by no less than the Supreme Court of the United States to be a violent act . If , as Anthony Vidler suggests , the idea of public space and its role in urban life needs to be preserved , then we 4 THE RIGHT TO THE CITY.
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... violence . How that potential for violence is policed , encapsulated in law , sublimated in design , or turned toward either regressive or progressive ends makes all the difference in the world . My goal in this book is to examine some ...
... violence . How that potential for violence is policed , encapsulated in law , sublimated in design , or turned toward either regressive or progressive ends makes all the difference in the world . My goal in this book is to examine some ...
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... violent response to protesters in Washington , Quebec , and Genoa during the first part of 2001 made clear . Finally , there are the trends in the content and shape of public space itself . We were already moving toward the sorts of ...
... violent response to protesters in Washington , Quebec , and Genoa during the first part of 2001 made clear . Finally , there are the trends in the content and shape of public space itself . We were already moving toward the sorts of ...
Page 17
... violent response to both the “Million Youth March” and the Matthew Shepard memorial march in 1998),8 to ridding the streets of unlicensed peddlers, to a crackdown on public “vice” throughout Manhattan, to destroying community gardens so ...
... violent response to both the “Million Youth March” and the Matthew Shepard memorial march in 1998),8 to ridding the streets of unlicensed peddlers, to a crackdown on public “vice” throughout Manhattan, to destroying community gardens so ...
Contents
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Locational Conflict and the Right to the City | 81 |
Peoples Park the Public and the Right to the City | 118 |
AntiHomeless Laws and the Shrinking Landscape of Rights | 161 |
AntiHomeless Campaigns Public Space Zoning and the Problem of Necessity | 195 |
Toward a Just City | 227 |
Now What Has Changed? | 238 |
References | 247 |
Index | 271 |
About the Author | 278 |
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The Right to the City: Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space Don Mitchell Limited preview - 2003 |
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