UID:
almahu_9949747628202882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781003847908
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1003847900
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9781003404736
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1003404731
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9781003847984
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1003847986
Content:
Effective urban governance is essential in responding to the challenges of inequality, migration, public health, housing, security, and climate change. Reclaiming Democracy in Cities frames the city as a political actor in its own right, exploring the city's potential to develop deliberative and participatory practices which help inform innovative democratic solutions to modern day challenges. Bringing together expertise from an international selection of scholars from various fields, this book begins with three chapters which discuss the theoretical idea of the democratic city and the real-world applicability of such a model. Part II discusses new and innovative democratic practices at the local level and asks in what way these practices help us to rethink democratic politics, institutions, and mechanisms in order to move toward a more egalitarian, pluralist, and inclusive direction. Drawing on the Istanbul municipal elections and the Kurdish municipal experience, Part III focuses on the question of whether cities and local governments can lead to the emergence of strong democratic forces that oppose authoritarian regimes. Finally, Part IV discusses urban solidarity networks and collaborations at both the local level and beyond the nation, questioning whether urban solidarity networks and alliances with civil society or transnational city networks can create alternative ways of thinking about the city as a locus of democracy. This edited volume will appeal to academics, researchers, and advanced students in the fields of urban studies, particularly those with an interest in democratic theory; local democracy; participation and municipalities. It will also be relevant for practitioners of local governments, NGOs, and advocacy groups and activists working for solidarity networks between cities.
Note:
The dialectic of urban democracy : the post-democratic or the democratizing city / Erik Swyngedouw -- What kind of democratic project is the "city"? And what does the new municipalism want to do with it? / Ross Beveridge and Philippe Koch -- The idea of a democratic city : an attempt at typology / Verena Frick -- Practices of inclusive planning and beyond : Istanbul metropolitan municipality and its vision for 2050 / Tuba Inal-Cekic, Tayfun Kahraman, Meriç Demir-Kahraman, and Evrim Yılmaz -- The role of civic initiatives and ngos in the democratization of the public sphere via participatory planning tools : case study of the Bashkortostan Region, Russian Federation / Oleg Pachenkov, Olga Sarapulova, Elmira Nizamova, Aleksandra Katasonova, and Darya Efremova -- How do free cities bring their citizens back to politics? Comparing democratic innovations in Budapest and Warsaw / Daniel Oross, Agnieszka Kampka -- Metropolitan politics and administration of hegemonic and counter-hegemonic projects in Istanbul / Aslı Yılmaz Uçar -- Disempowerment and attempts of self-empowerment : the case of Istanbul municipality / Oya Yeğen -- New municipalism in the Global South : the antinomies of Kurdish municipalism / Fırat Genç -- Civil society practice for housing refugees in Vienna as a guidepost for a solidarity based planning concept / Helena Bernhardt -- The impact of urban solidarity networks on local governance : exercising urban democracy in Izmir, Turkey / Aslıhan Aykaç -- From place of speculation to space of resistance : transforming urban politics on urban redevelopment projects in Seoul / Chungse Jung -- Analysis of city diplomacy in de-democratizing states : the Case of Istanbul metropolitan municipality / Birgül Demirtaş.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781032519784
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1032519789
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032519777
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1032519770
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781003404736
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003404736
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