Divided cities
Subtitle: governing diversity
By: edited by Annika Björkdahl, Lisa Strömbom
Publisher: Nordic Academic Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Lund, Sweden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9789187675454
Subjects: Case studies; Social conflict; Segregation; Public administration; Cities and towns; Municipal government
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." --Contratapa.
Notes: Autores: Annika Björkdahl, Lisa Strömbom, Neil Bradford, Paul Nesbitt-Larking, Birgitte Poulsen, Annika Agger, Stefanie Kappler, Tomas Bergström, Anita Bakshi, Ivan Gusic.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-268) and index.