Moral Economy of Cities - Shaping Good Citizens

Informationen zum Autor Evelyn S. Ruppert is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Trent University. Klappentext Using the redevelopment of the Yonge-Dundas intersection in downtown Toronto in the mid-1990s as a case study, Ruppert examines the language of planners, urban designers, architects, and marketing analysts to reveal the extent to which moralization legitimizes these professions in the public eye. Zusammenfassung Using the redevelopment of the Yonge-Dundas intersection in downtown Toronto in the mid-1990s as a case study! Ruppert examines the language of planners! urban designers! architects! and marketing analysts to reveal the extent to which moralization legitimizes these professions in the public eye. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables and Maps Acknowledgments The Good City Making Yonge-Dundas Good TheSecureCity The Consumer City The Aesthetic City The Governable City Making the Good City Yonge-Dundas Made Good? Appendix A: List of Exhibits Appendix B Notes Bibliography Illustration Credits Index

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Evelyn S. Ruppert is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Trent University.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Evelyn Ruppert, Evelyn S. Ruppert
• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 08.03.2006
• EAN: 9780802038869
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-3886-9
• Seiten: 400
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Serien: Cultural Spaces; Cultural Spaces
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein