Participatory Spaces Under Urban Capitalism - Contesting the Boundaries of Democratic Practices

This book carefully examines the constraints and possibilities for participatory governance under capitalism. Bridging critical urban studies and democratic theory, it will be of interest to researchers and students in the fields of democratic innovations, political economy, and urban planning.

List of contents

1. Participation and Power Relations: Can Democracy be Renegotiated? 2. The Boundaries of Participation 3. Is Participation Co-optation? 4. Ethics and Deliberative Capital 5. Power as Leverage 6. A Theory of Renegotiation

About the author

Markus Holdo is Associate Professor of Political Science at Lund University, Sweden, where he teaches and does research on how citizens accomplish social change.

Product details

• Authors: Markus Holdo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032537887
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3253788-7
• No. of pages: 138
• Series: Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Latin America, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Interdisciplinary studies, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Civil engineering, surveying and building