Berking / Frank / Frers Negotiating Urban Conflicts

Interaction, Space and Control
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-8394-0463-8
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm

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Cities have always been arenas of social and symbolic conflict. As places of encounter between different classes, ethnic groups, and lifestyles, cities play the role of powerful integrators; yet on the other hand urban contexts are the ideal setting for marginalization and violence. The struggle over control of urban spaces is an ambivalent mode of sociation: while producing themselves, groups produce exclusive spaces and then, in turn, use the boundaries they have created to define themselves. This volume presents major urban conflicts and analyzes modes of negotiation against the theoretical background of postcolonialism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berking, Helmuth

Frank, Sybille

Frers, Lars

Löw, Martina

Meier, Lars

Steets, Silke

Stoetzer, Sergej

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Helmuth Berking holds a chair in sociology at Darmstadt University. His core topics include 'city, space and sites'.
Sybille Frank holds a chair in sociology at Darmstadt University. Her core topics include 'city, space and sites'.
Lars Frers teaches and researches as professor of social studies at the University of South-Eastern Norway. He publishes on space, materiality and movement, with a special focus on the establishment of social control, as well as on qualitative methods with a focus on visual, multisensory and mobile methods.
Martina Löw (Dr. phil.) is professor of sociology at the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. Her areas of specialization and research are urban studies, spatial theory and sociology of architecture and planning. From 2011 until 2013 she was president of the German Sociological Association, and as a member of numerous advisory boards, she is currently involved in several urban development projects.
Lars Meier holds a chair in sociology at Darmstadt University. His core topics include 'city, space and sites'.
Silke Steets holds a chair in sociology at Darmstadt University. Her core topics include 'city, space and sites'.
Sergej Stoetzer holds a chair in sociology at Darmstadt University. His core topics include 'city, space and sites'.