Constructing Community examines community from the particular
perspective of the shaping and control of urban space in
contemporary liberal democracies. Following a consideration and
critique of influential theories of community that have arisen
within European philosophy over the last three decades, Brian
Elliott investigates parallel approaches to community within urban
theory and practice over the same period. Underlying the comparison
of political theory and urban practice is a basic assumption that
community and place are intimately connected such that the one
cannot be adequately understood without the other. The underlying
intention of this book is to advocate a particular understanding of
community, one that centers on collective, grassroots oppositional
action. While it draws on certain current theories and practices,
the model of community put forward is far from the orthodox
position. This study is a provocative and original analysis of the
question of urban politics in contemporary liberal democracies. 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 and the built environment.
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