Negotiating Urban Conflicts Interaction Space And Control 1 Aufl Helmuth Berking Editor Sybille Frank Editor Lars Frers Editor Martina Lw Editor Lars Meier Editor Silke Steets Editor Sergej Stoetzer Editor by Helmuth Berking (editor); Sybille Frank (editor); Lars Frers (editor); Martina Löw (editor); Lars Meier (editor); Silke Steets (editor); Sergej Stoetzer (editor) 9783839404638, 3839404630 instant download after payment.

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.