Main entry:

Frug, Gerald E., 1939-2023.

Title & Author:

City making : building communities without building walls / Gerald E. Frug.

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2001.

Description:

256 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-245) and index.
The city as legal concept -- City powerlessness -- A legal history of cities -- Strategies for empowering cities -- Decentering decentralization -- The situated subject -- The postmodern subject -- The geography of community -- Community building -- City land use -- City services -- Alternative conceptions of city services -- Education -- Police -- Choosing city services.

Summary:

American cities are divided into neighbourhoods of privilege and poverty, often along lines of ethnicity and race. This book analyzes how legal rules shape modern US cities, and outlines a set of alternatives that will enable the walls that keep city dwellers apart to be brought down.

ISBN:

069100742X (pbk.)
9780691007427 (pbk.)

Subject:

City planning United States.
Urban policy United States.
Zoning law United States.
Social classes United States.
Land use, Urban United States.
Community development, Urban United States.
Community organization United States.
Politique urbaine États-Unis.
Classes sociales États-Unis.
Utilisation urbaine du sol États-Unis.
Développement communautaire urbain États-Unis.
Organisation communautaire États-Unis.
City planning.
Community development, Urban.
Community organization.
Land use, Urban.
Race relations.
Social classes.
Social conditions
Urban policy.
Zoning law.
United States Social conditions.
United States Race relations.
États-Unis Conditions sociales.
États-Unis Relations raciales.
United States.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 270080
Call No.: BIB 202725
Status: Available