Order and Conflict in Public Space

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-93118-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

De Backer, Mattias

Melgaço, Lucas

Varna, Georgiana

Menichelli, Francesca

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Ethische Themen & Debatten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Editorial preface (Mattias De Backer, Lucas Melgaço, Georgiana Varna, Francesca, Menichelli)

Section I: Spaces of control

2. Normalising exceptional public space security: The spatial fix of the Olympic Carceral (Jon Coaffee)

3. Securitization and urban space: a study from a skyscraper in Mexico City (Nelson Arteaga Botello)

4. The residential normalization of public spaces. Towards a post-punitive regulation?" (Antonin Margier)

5. Avoiding encounters with poverty: aesthetics, politics and economics in a privileged neighbourhood of Cape Town, South Africa (Nick Schuermans and Manfred Spocter)

6. Caution, control and consumption: Defining acceptable behaviour in the semi-public space of Czech shopping malls (Pavel Pospech)

Section II: Spaces of Transgression

7. Reclaiming civility in urban nightlife districts (Ilse Van Liempt)

8. Dwelling without a home: Denver's splintered public spaces (Sig Langegger and Stephen Koester)

9. Boy Racer Culture and Class Conflict: Urban Regeneration, Social Exclusion and the Rights of the Road (Karen Lumsden)

10. Rethinking spaces, sites and encounters of conflict in 21st century Britain: The case of abortion protest in public space (Lucy Jackson and Gill Valentine)

Epilogue: Chaos/order and the future of public space research

11. The future of (spatial) criminology and research about public space (Keith Hayward)

12. Diss & Ditch. What to do with public space? (Myriam Houssay-Holzschuch)

Über Autor(innen)

Mattias De Backer is a researcher and teaching assistant at the Criminology Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
Lucas Melgaço is a researcher and lecturer at the Department of Criminology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
Georgiana Varna is a Research Fellow at the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Francesca Menichelli is a researcher at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities based at the University of Cambridge, UK.