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Which public and whose space? The understanding of public space as
an arena where individuals can claim full use and access hides a
reality of constant negotiation, conflict and surveillance. This
collection uses case studies concerning the management, use, and
transgression of public space to invite reflection on the way in
which everyday social interaction is framed and shaped by the
physical environment and vice versa. International experts from
fields including geography, criminology, sociology and urban
studies come together to debate the concepts of order and conflict
in public space. This book is divided into two parts: spaces of
control, and spaces of transgression. Section I focuses on formal
and informal surveillance and the politics of control, using case
studies to compare strategies in spaces including Olympic cities,
luxury skyscrapers, residential neighbourhoods and shopping malls.
Section II focuses on transgressive or deviant behaviour in public
spaces, with case studies examining behaviour in nightlife
districts, governance of homelessness, boy-racer culture and
abortion protests. The epilogue concludes the book with an
exploration of possible future avenues for research on public
space, and a critical appraisal of the concept of public space
itself. This interdisciplinary collection will be of interest to
students, researchers and professionals in the areas of
criminology, sociology, surveillance studies, human and social
geography, and urban studies and planning.
Which public and whose space? The understanding of public space as
an arena where individuals can claim full use and access hides a
reality of constant negotiation, conflict and surveillance. This
collection uses case studies concerning the management, use, and
transgression of public space to invite reflection on the way in
which everyday social interaction is framed and shaped by the
physical environment and vice versa. International experts from
fields including geography, criminology, sociology and urban
studies come together to debate the concepts of order and conflict
in public space. This book is divided into two parts: spaces of
control, and spaces of transgression. Section I focuses on formal
and informal surveillance and the politics of control, using case
studies to compare strategies in spaces including Olympic cities,
luxury skyscrapers, residential neighbourhoods and shopping malls.
Section II focuses on transgressive or deviant behaviour in public
spaces, with case studies examining behaviour in nightlife
districts, governance of homelessness, boy-racer culture and
abortion protests. The epilogue concludes the book with an
exploration of possible future avenues for research on public
space, and a critical appraisal of the concept of public space
itself. This interdisciplinary collection will be of interest to
students, researchers and professionals in the areas of
criminology, sociology, surveillance studies, human and social
geography, and urban studies and planning.
For decades, Milton Santos (1926-2001) has been considered one of
the most influential thinkers in Brazilian and Latin American
social sciences and geography. Yet his writings, most of which have
not been translated into English, are largely unknown to European
and North American audiences. This book introduces English-speaking
scholars to Professor Santos through critical engagement with his
ideas and writings. The chapters presented here reveal the breadth
and originality of his critical thought, as well as its ongoing
importance to contemporary debates. The book features a biography
of Santos and includes an annotated translation of one of his
most-cited texts, The Return of the Territory, offered here for the
first time in English. This text demonstrates how Santos's
provocative insights continue to transform core concepts of
political and human geography. The book also includes a number of
short chapters written by scholars from Brazil, Spain and France.
Through reflections on Santos's work, the various authors
demonstrate the value and possibilities of extending the
geographer's theories. They explore key geographical themes across
political economy, rural studies, territorial planning,
environmental crisis, digital networks, indigenous peoples,
transportation and public health. This collection invites
geographers from around the world to engage with this rich
intellectual tradition from Brazil.
This book presents an alternative theory of globalization that
derives not from the dominant perspective of the West, from which
this process emerged, but from the critical vantage point of the
Third World, which has borne the heaviest burdens of globalization.
It offers a critical and uniquely first-hand perspective that is
lacking not only from the apologists of Western hegemony, but from
most scholars writing against this hegemony from within the
globalizing world. Renowned throughout Latin America and parts of
Europe, the author, Brazilian geographer Milton Santos, has long
been for the most part inaccessible to the English-speaking world.
Only one of his books, The Shared Space: The Two Circuits of the
Urban Economy in Underdeveloped Countries, published in 1975, has
been translated into English; nevertheless, the works of Santos's
most important phase, from the 1980s until his death in 2001, have
remained unavailable to English readers. With the translation of
Toward an Other Globalization, one of the last works published in
Santos's lifetime, this situation has finally been rectified. In
this book, Santos argues that we must consider globalization in
three different senses: globalization as a fable (the world as
globalizing agents make us believe), as perversity (the world as it
is presently, in the throes of globalization), and as possibility
(the world as it could be). What emerges from the analysis of these
three senses is an alternative theory of globalization rooted in
the perspective of the so-called Global South. Santos concludes his
text with a message that is optimistic, but in no way nai ve. What
he offers instead is a revolutionary optimism and, indeed, an other
globalization.
This book presents an alternative theory of globalization that
derives not from the dominant perspective of the West, from which
this process emerged, but from the critical vantage point of the
Third World, which has borne the heaviest burdens of globalization.
It offers a critical and uniquely first-hand perspective that is
lacking not only from the apologists of Western hegemony, but from
most scholars writing against this hegemony from within the
globalizing world. Renowned throughout Latin America and parts of
Europe, the author, Brazilian geographer Milton Santos, has long
been for the most part inaccessible to the English-speaking world.
Only one of his books, The Shared Space: The Two Circuits of the
Urban Economy in Underdeveloped Countries, published in 1975, has
been translated into English; nevertheless, the works of Santos's
most important phase, from the 1980s until his death in 2001, have
remained unavailable to English readers. With the translation of
Toward an Other Globalization, one of the last works published in
Santos's lifetime, this situation has finally been rectified. In
this book, Santos argues that we must consider globalization in
three different senses: globalization as a fable (the world as
globalizing agents make us believe), as perversity (the world as it
is presently, in the throes of globalization), and as possibility
(the world as it could be). What emerges from the analysis of these
three senses is an alternative theory of globalization rooted in
the perspective of the so-called Global South. Santos concludes his
text with a message that is optimistic, but in no way nai ve. What
he offers instead is a revolutionary optimism and, indeed, an other
globalization.
For decades, Milton Santos (1926-2001) has been considered one of
the most influential thinkers in Brazilian and Latin American
social sciences and geography. Yet his writings, most of which have
not been translated into English, are largely unknown to European
and North American audiences. This book introduces English-speaking
scholars to Professor Santos through critical engagement with his
ideas and writings. The chapters presented here reveal the breadth
and originality of his critical thought, as well as its ongoing
importance to contemporary debates. The book features a biography
of Santos and includes an annotated translation of one of his
most-cited texts, The Return of the Territory, offered here for the
first time in English. This text demonstrates how Santos's
provocative insights continue to transform core concepts of
political and human geography. The book also includes a number of
short chapters written by scholars from Brazil, Spain and France.
Through reflections on Santos's work, the various authors
demonstrate the value and possibilities of extending the
geographer's theories. They explore key geographical themes across
political economy, rural studies, territorial planning,
environmental crisis, digital networks, indigenous peoples,
transportation and public health. This collection invites
geographers from around the world to engage with this rich
intellectual tradition from Brazil.
Information and communication technologies have transformed the
dynamics of contention in contemporary society. Social networks
such as Facebook and Twitter, and devices such as smartphones have
increasingly played a central role in facilitating and mobilizing
social movements throughout different parts of the world.
Concurrently, the same technologies have been taken up by public
authorities (including security agencies and the police) and have
been used as surveillance tools to monitor and suppress the
activities of certain demonstrators. This book explores the complex
and contradictory relationships between communication and
information technologies and social movements by drawing on
different case studies from around the world. The contributions
analyse how new communication and information technologies impact
the way protests are carried out and controlled in the current
information age. The authors focus on recent events that date from
the Arab Spring onwards and pose questions regarding the future of
protests, surveillance and digital landscapes.
Information and communication technologies have transformed the
dynamics of contention in contemporary society. Social networks
such as Facebook and Twitter, and devices such as smartphones have
increasingly played a central role in facilitating and mobilizing
social movements throughout different parts of the world.
Concurrently, the same technologies have been taken up by public
authorities (including security agencies and the police) and have
been used as surveillance tools to monitor and suppress the
activities of certain demonstrators. This book explores the complex
and contradictory relationships between communication and
information technologies and social movements by drawing on
different case studies from around the world. The contributions
analyse how new communication and information technologies impact
the way protests are carried out and controlled in the current
information age. The authors focus on recent events that date from
the Arab Spring onwards and pose questions regarding the future of
protests, surveillance and digital landscapes.
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