Politics of Urbanism

Seeing Like a City

Warren Magnusson

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English

Routledge
10 August 2011

Social & political philosophy; Urban communities; Regional government

Series: Interventions

To see like a city, rather than seeing like a state, is the key to understanding modern politics. In this book, Magnusson draws from theorists such as Weber, Wirth, Hayek, Jacobs, Sennett, and Foucault to articulate some of the ideas that we need to make sense of the city as a form of political order.

Locally and globally, the city exists by virtue of complicated patterns of government and self-government, prompted by proximate diversity. A multiplicity of authorities in different registers is typical. Sovereignty, although often claimed, is infinitely deferred. What emerges by virtue of self-organization is not susceptible to control by any central authority, and so we are impelled to engage politically in a world that does not match our expectations of sovereignty. How then are we are to engage realistically and creatively? We have to begin from where we are if we are to understand the possibilities. Building on traditions of political and urban theory in order to advance a new interpretation of the role of cities/urbanism in contemporary political life, this work will be of great interest to scholars of political theory and urban theory, international relations theory and international relations.

By: Warren Magnusson
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 530g
ISBN: 9780415782418
ISBN 10: 0415782414
Series: Interventions
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 10 August 2011
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Warren Magnusson is Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Victoria, Canada

Reviews for Politics of Urbanism: Seeing Like a City

This text is a significant and innovative attempt to formulate a truly urban outlook. The Politics of Urbanism is an unusual, compelling book. It is clearly written, well researched, and advances a provocative rethinking of the relationship of the state and the city to politics. Although we may need to do more work before we can redeem the historic promise of Left urbanism and find the beach beneath the pavement, this book will bring us part of the way. - Chuck Morse, Stir Magazine, December 2012