A city of one's own : blurring the boundaries between private and public / edited by Sophie Body-Gendrot, Jacques Carré, Romain Garbaye.

Other author Body-Gendrot, Sophie.
Other author Carré, Jacques.
Other author Garbaye, Romain.
Format Book
Publication InfoAldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008.
Descriptionxii, 220 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Citizens' associations--United States.
Citizens' associations--Great Britain.
Neighborhood government--United States.
Neighborhood government--Great Britain.
Community organization--United States.
Community organization--Great Britain.
Public-private sector cooperation--United States.
Public-private sector cooperation--Great Britain.
Community power--United States.
Community power--Great Britain.
Political participation--United States.
Political participation--Great Britain.

Contents 'Private' and 'public' in the extension of Georgian London's West End / Jacques Carré -- Making an inclusive urbanism : New York City's World Trade Memorial / Robert A. Beauregard -- The privatization of council-housing in Britain : the strange death of public sector housing? / David Fée -- The governance of new communities in Britain, France and North America, 1815-2004 : the quest for the public interest? / Stéphane Sadoux, Frédéric Cantaroglou and Audrey Gloor -- Gated communities : generic patterns in suburban landscapes? / Renaud Le Goix -- From self-defence to citizenry involvement participation in law-and-order enforcement in the United States : private spheres and public space / Didier Combeau -- The future of prison privatization in the United States / Franck Vindevogel -- AIDS prevention by non-governmental organizations : inside the American and French responses / Laura Hobson Faure, Carla Dillard Smith, Gloria Lockett and Benjamin P. Bowser -- Education management organizations and for-profit education, an overview, and a case-study : Philadelphia / Malie Montagutelli -- 'We pay the rates!' : Catholic voluntary schools and Scottish school boards (1872-1918) / Géraldine Vaughan -- 'To serve and to elect' : the women's local government society, Britain 1888-1918 / Myriam Boussahba-Bravard -- The 'third way' and the governance of the social in Britain / Jérôme Tournadre-Plancq -- Conclusion : Jane Jacobs revisited? / Sophie Body-Gendrot, Jacques Carré and Romain Garbaye.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 2008028141
ISBN9780754675020 (alk. paper)
ISBN0754675025 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks JS 303.5 .B63 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold