Reclaiming Democracy in Cities

Herausgeber: Tombus, Ertug; Inal-Cekic, Tuba; Coskun, Gulcin

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Produktbeschreibung

Reclaiming Democracy in Cities frames the city as a political actor in its own right, exploring the city's potential to develop deliberative and participatory practices which help inform innovative democratic solutions to modern day challenges.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm
• Gewicht: 707g
• ISBN-13: 9781032519784
• ISBN-10: 1032519789
• Artikelnr.: 69431250

Autorenporträt

Gülçin Balamir Cökun is an Associate Professor of Political Science. She is currently working as one of the senior research associates of the project "Judicial autonomy under authoritarian attack" at the Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Her research focuses on authoritarianism, judicial independence, rule of law, media capture, and digital censorship. Tuba ¿nal-Çekiç is an Associate Professor of Urban Studies and a research fellow at the Center for Comparative Research on Democracy, Humboldt University Berlin. Her research interests are focused on authoritarian urbanism and urban movements from a participatory governance perspective. Her work delves into understanding the complexities of urban dynamics and exploring avenues for inclusive and participatory practices. Ertu¿ Tombu¿ is a Senior Research Associate at the Department of Social Sciences, Humboldt University Berlin, and the executive director of the Center for Comparative Research on Democracy. His primary research areas are democratic theory, critical theory, politics and law, constitutional politics, and populism.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Rethinking democracy from the local 1. The Dialectic of Urban
Democracy: The Post-Democratic or the Democratizing City 2. What Kind of
Democratic Project Is the "City"? And What Does the New Municipalism Want
to Do with It? 3. The Idea of a Democratic City: An Attempt at Typology
Part II: Local Governance and Participatory Practices 4. Practices of
Inclusive Planning and Beyond: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and its
Vision for 2050 5. The Role of Civic Initiatives and NGOs in the
Democratization of the Public Sphere via Participatory Planning Tools: Case
Study of the Bashkortostan Region, Russian 6. How do Free Cities Bring
Their Citizens Back to Politics? Comparing Democratic Innovations in
Budapest and Warsaw Part III: Cities as sites of opposition against
authoritarian governments: Opportunities and Challenges 7. Disempowerment
and Attempts of Self-empowerment: The case of Istanbul municipality 9. New
Municipalism in the Global South: The Antinomies of Kurdish Municipalism
Part IV: Solidarity, Alliances and Mobilization at the Local Level 10.
Civil Society Practice for Housing Refugees in Vienna as a Guidepost for a
Solidarity-Based Planning Concept 11. The Impact of Urban Solidarity
Networks on Local Governance: Exercising Urban Democracy in Izmir, Turkey
12. From Place of Speculation to Space of Resistance: Transforming Urban
Politics on Urban Redevelopment Projects in Seoul 13. Analysis of City
Diplomacy in De-democratizing States: The Case of Istanbul Metropolitan
Municipality