Divided Cities: Governing Diversity

Divided Cities: Governing Diversity
ISBN-10
9187675455
ISBN-13
9789187675454
Series
Divided Cities
Category
Political Science
Pages
275
Language
English
Published
2015-04-22
Publisher
Nordic Academic Press
Authors
Annika Bjorkdahl, Lisa Strömbom

Description

Very rarely has peace and conflict studies been combined with public administration research. Divided Cities – Governing Diversity brings together theories from conflict resolution, public administration, and urban studies to present new theoretical and empirical insights from nine in-depth case studies. The authors employ the city as a prism to shed light on the complex, multidimensional processes of conflict, segregation, democratization, and governance. They use the city as a diagnostic site for exploring the role of public administration and civil servants in resolving contested issues in divided societies. The researchers analyse nine multifaceted cases: Toronto, Copenhagen, Malmö, Mostar, Cape Town, Belfast, Jerusalem, Nicosia and Mitrovica – all cities at different stages of conflict and stability and with disparate legacies. The contributors map the tools, strate­gies, and understandings of conflict resolution to be found in each city, and in so doing break new empirical and theoretical ground.

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