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Political space matters
on the importance of urban spaces for the political engagement of ordinary citizens
Predrag Milic,
Viktor Hildebrandt
Art der Arbeit
Masterarbeit
Universität
Universität Wien
Fakultät
Fakultät für Geowissenschaften, Geographie und Astronomie
Studiumsbezeichnung bzw. Universitätlehrgang (ULG)
Masterstudium DDP Urban Studies
Betreuer*in
Rosa María de la Fuente Fernández
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DOI
10.25365/thesis.44521
URN
urn:nbn:at:at-ubw:1-20891.57040.708459-8
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Abstract
(Englisch)
This book addresses everybody with a serious interest in politics, especially those who are concerned with the role of ordinary citizens in the government of public affairs. It investigates the relation between political action and space. The central question is: How do the spaces where citizens are supposed to / would like to participate in politics influence their engagement? How does the immediate surrounding affect if citizens act, what they do, and what results from their engagement? The fundamental assumption is that there are better and worse spaces for acting politically, just as there are better and worse spaces for learning, playing football or drinking coffee. This book wants to find out what it actually is that makes a space better or worse from the perspective of political actors. Based on the writings of Hannah Arendt, it first carves out the meaning of political action and then derives from this conceptualisation a set of principles of good political space. The more a particular space embodies these principles, the better it will be for political actors. The principles can be applied not only to evaluate existing political spaces but also to improve them and to design new political spaces. The book closes with a series of case studies that may be understood as exercises in analysing urban political spaces designed by or for ordinary citizens. Each essay reveals the importance of space for political action from a different angle. By and large, the point that this book wants to drive home is the following: If in the future more citizens should / will become engaged in politics more directly, then we need to pay close attention to the spaces they use!

Schlagwörter

Schlagwörter
(Englisch)
political space politica Arendt space urban politics
Autor*innen
Predrag Milic ,
Viktor Hildebrandt
Haupttitel (Englisch)
Political space matters
Hauptuntertitel (Englisch)
on the importance of urban spaces for the political engagement of ordinary citizens
Publikationsjahr
2016
Umfangsangabe
100, 105 ungezählte Seiten : Illustrationen
Sprache
Englisch
Beurteiler*in
Rosa María de la Fuente Fernández
Klassifikation
89 Politologie > 89.05 Politische Theorie
AC Nummer
AC13683184
Utheses ID
39409
Studienkennzahl
UA | 066 | 664 | |
Universität Wien, Universitätsbibliothek, 1010 Wien, Universitätsring 1