Publics and the city /
Kurt Iveson
- Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2007.
- xii, 251 p.
- RGS-IBG book series. .
The problem with public space -- Publics and the city -- Making a claim : the regulation of protest at Parliament House, Canberra -- Cruising : governing beat sex in Melbourne -- Making a name : writing graffiti in Sydney -- "No fun. No hope. Don't belong." : re-making "public space" in neo-liberal Perth -- Justifying exclusion : keeping men out of the ladies' baths, Sydney -- Imagining the public city : concluding reflections.
Publics and the City investigates struggles over the making of urban publics, considering how the production, management and regulation of 'public spaces' has emerged as a problem for both urban politics and urban theory.
9781405127301
City planning-Australia City planning -- Australia -- Case studies. Urban policy -- Australia -- Case studies.