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The Radicals' City: Urban Environment, Polarisation, Cohesion (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Radicals' City: Urban Environment, Polarisation, Cohesion (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Bringing together comparative case studies from Belfast, Beirut,
Amsterdam and Berlin, this book examines the role of the urban
environment in social polarisation processes. In doing so, it
provides a timely and refreshingly innovative voice in the
confusing babble on (counter-)terrorism, urban conflict and
community cohesion. Despite their socio-political differences,
these cities are telling cases of how the location and shape of
very mundane objects such as rubbish bins, bridges, clothes'
stores, shopping malls and cafes - in addition to the obvious
fences, walls and barbed wire - are often subject to heated
controversies and influence the way urban conflict is 'lived' and
practised. Within a Science and Technology Studies (STS)
theoretical framework, the authors provide a systematic analysis of
these four cities and provide many concrete and richly illustrated
examples of 'material agency' without losing sight of their
specific historical, political, geographical and social conditions.
The STS angle permits some surprising, yet extremely convincing,
conclusions which are of use not only for a range of practitioners
but also to scholars interested in the social shaping processes and
the consequences of urban artefacts. The authors argue that,
although architecture and urban design is clearly not the sole
cause of conflict and polarisation, neither is it completely
innocent. Conversely, it cannot be the silver bullet to solve
related problems and to create community cohesion. However, the
materiality of our cities must not be ignored; in fact, it can and
should be 'enrolled' in our efforts. The book contains detailed
descriptions of such positive cases as inspiration for
practitioners as diverse as policy makers, architects, urban
designers, planners, community workers, consultants or police
officers.
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