Warren Magnusson

Politics of Urbanism

Seeing Like a City

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Produktbeschreibung

The central argument of this book is that we need to abandon our state-centric approach to political understanding and learn to see "like a city" if we are to make sense of contemporary politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9780415831260
• ISBN-10: 0415831261
• Artikelnr.: 40919224

Autorenporträt

Warren Magnusson is Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Victoria, Canada

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Re-Imagining the Political 1. Urbanism as Governmentality 2.
Ontologies of the Political 3. The Politics of Urbanism as a Way of Life 4.
The Art of Government 5. Seeing Like a State, Seeing Like a City 6. Oikos,
Nomos, Logos 7. The Politics of Scale 8. The Principle of Local
Self-Government Conclusion: Otherwise than Sovereign