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1 online resource (vi, 272 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Identity politics in urban spaces
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Identity politics in urban spaces.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; A Note on Dates; Introduction: Identity Conflicts in the Urban Realm; Part 1 . Modes of Sovereignty, Urban Governance, and the City; 1 Jerusalem at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century: Spatial Continuity and Social Fragmentation; 2 Imperial Nationhood and Its Impact on Colonial Cities: Issues of Inter-group Peace and Conflict in Pondicherry and Vietnam; 3 Confessionalism and Public Space in Ottoman and Colonial Jerusalem; Part 2 . Scales of Sovereignty and the Remaking of Urban and National Space. |
| Summary |
Cities have long been associated with diversity and tolerance, but from Jerusalem to Belfast to the Basque Country, many of the most intractable conflicts of the past century have played out in urban spaces. The contributors to this interdisciplinary volume examine the interrelationships of ethnic, racial, religious, or other identity conflicts and larger battles over sovereignty and governance. Under what conditions do identity conflicts undermine the legitimacy and power of nation-states, empires, or ur. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Urban policy.
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Urban policy. |
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Sovereignty.
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Sovereignty. |
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Identity politics.
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Identity politics. |
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Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
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City-states.
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City-states. |
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Metropolitan government.
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Metropolitan government. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Davis, Diane E., 1953-
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Libertun de Duren, Nora, 1974-
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| Added Title |
Cities and sovereignty : identity politics in urban spaces |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Cities & sovereignty. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2011 9780253355775 (DLC) 2010026757 (OCoLC)526083946 |
| ISBN |
9780253005069 (electronic book) |
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025300506X (electronic book) |
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9780253355775 |
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025335577X |
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9780253222749 |
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0253222745 |
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