Democracy and public space : the physical sites of democratic performance /

This volume claims that the current fashion for online democracy risks undermining democracy's very foundations. Challenging the received academic wisdom, the author offers a compelling, new vision of democratic public space and assesses the success of 11 world cities in the light of it.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Parkinson, John, 1966-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012
Subjects:	Democracy. Public spaces. Information society > Political aspects. Espaces publics. Société de l'information > Aspect politique. Démocratie locale. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy. Democracy Information society > Political aspects Public spaces Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

pt. I. The theory of democratic public space. Democratic theory, democratic performance
Theorizing public space
Place and politics
pt. II. Public space and democratic performance. Assemblies I : performing democratic roles
Assemblies II : the public and accessibility
Protest and the plaza : engaging the formal public sphere
The city as representative space
pt. III. Evaluating democratic space. Conclusions and implications.